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

The old fellow was in fine feather and full of jokes.

From At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell

At any rate they do it gently, and both Mrs. Barnett and this young lady are birds of a very fine feather.

From Sweetapple Cove by Van Schaick, George

He was in fine feather, so to speak, because he was hoping to have a fat pullet for his supper.

From The Tale of Solomon Owl by Bailey, Arthur Scott

And I shall never forget the reluctantly admiring shake of the head with which he acknowledged that it was indeed a "very fine feather!"

From African Camp Fires by White, Stewart Edward