fine feather
Example Sentences
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Without benefit of egg, he was born 50 years ago this week in a movie called The Wise Little Hen, and Donald Duck is still in fine feather.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is certainly not very gay - yet that last case he won before the Law Courts closed should have put him in fine feather for the whole vacation.
From Winding Paths by Page, Gertrude
The collars may be still further ornamented with fine feather stitching, the star stitch or French knots.
From Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care by McGlauflin, Idabelle
She had wished to arrive at the club in fine feather, but had counted on walking home in the dusk, with her best skirts high-kilted, and saving an honest penny.
From The Butterfly House by Meylan, Paul Julian
It would have been a fine feather in our caps to be able to send such a report home to the authorities.
From With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War by Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir)
