feather-brained
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In practice I hope that Master George and Mr Mervyn are talking tough to impress feather-brained markets so that they can win time to act less brutally.
From The Guardian • Jun. 17, 2010
Mary was a feather-brained and light-hearted wife, who thought of her crowns as playthings.
From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Balzac, Honor? de
"You won't, I daresay, but," and he threw a glance at the other two, "those feather-brained creatures——" "Oh, we're all right."
From Leonore Stubbs by Walford, L. B.
I do not think anyone,—even the most feather-brained, could be garrulous in the desert.
From Lodges in the Wilderness by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
He had seen feather-brained fortune-seekers gambling hopelessly with fate, suffering untold hardships for half the pay they could have gained from "honest labor."
From Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts by Stellman, Louis J. (Louis John)
