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Although the pitch seems like a featherbed now, there is a suggestion of low bounce and turn.

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"He said riding that particular machine was like being on a featherbed as it was so smooth, and the name just stuck."

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We sat down and the grass felt heavenly, like a featherbed compared with the wagon floor.

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The lights flickered on and weightlessness returned, cradling me like a featherbed.

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For instance, the girl who claims to be royal and passes the test because of the pea under layers of featherbeds in “The Princess and the Pea.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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