in 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
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Devil take it, my gallant captain!" growled Jarvis, "but you look in fine feather.
From Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' by Pearce, Charles Edward
The old fellow was in fine feather and full of jokes.
From At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell
And at Mrs Murchison's tea party he was certainly, as John Murchison afterward said, "in fine feather."
From The Imperialist by Duncan, Sara Jeannette
Pegasus was in fine feather, which seems a strange thing to say of a horse, but of one whose name suggests wings, perhaps it is appropriate.
From At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell