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Meanings of feathers in English

The light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds.

Usage of feathers in English
1
Lord Maccon and the squire were clearly birds of entirely different feathers.
Soulless
2
Many fine folk were spitting feathers at Saturday's result, writes Killian Doyle.
The Irish Times
3
But he observed: Current uses of feathers typically involve the same species.
BBC
4
The swan feathers were still in her box; I had recently looked.
Helen of troy
5
And meanwhile the lady of the feathers was seen nightly in Piccadilly.
Flames
6
The most elegant stuffs became the substance of his garments; feathers reappeared.
Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Volume 5
7
The old man looked in and saw the charred chicken and feathers.
Filipino Popular Tales
8
Their feathers alone cost as much as five or six thousand dollars.
The new yorker
9
A few feathers in the bottom will make it soft and comfortable.
The Magic Speech Flower / or Little Luke and His Animal Friends
10
There are enough feathers and netting in the house to finish it.
Hawaiian Folk Tales / A Collection of Native Legends
11
The feathers sought were those of the Labrador Duck and the Eider.
The Bird Study Book
12
Nonka ruffles some feathers in pursuit of the truth behind Nsizwa's accident.
The South African
13
And then she pinched it in the neck, and smoothed its feathers.
The Junior Classics, Volume 1: Fairy and wonder tales
14
The end of the tail feathers is also of the same colour.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
15
The pillows were of the finest feathers from the breasts of ducks.
The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln
16
Evidence continues to accumulate that feathers evolved for purposes unrelated to flight.
Wired
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United Kingdom
Common
South Africa
Common
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