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
However, the latter had lived awhile in Russia, and knew that the person referred to as an "uchitel" is never looked upon as a bird of fine feather.
From The Gambler by Hogarth, C. J.
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)
We go to sea to-morrow, and it shall be our business, gentlemen, to bring her to book; and a fine feather in our caps it will be if we should be successful.”
From A Middy of the Slave Squadron A West African Story by Mays, D.L.
It will be a fine feather in your cap, Wallie.
From Running Water by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
