eiderdown

Example Sentences

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I pick it up and the flakes fall off like strands of eiderdown.

From Washington Post • Oct. 31, 2019

The classic Goblin Teasmade is probably the best-known of these little gems that cater for our obsession with a nice cup of char before emerging from beneath the eiderdown.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2018

How many homes have pressed sheets, or towels and robes as soft and white and warm as eiderdown?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2018

It’s like bacon as a cloud, bacon as an eiderdown feather, bacon as a dandelion puff.

From Slate • Feb. 5, 2016

I pulled the eiderdown up around my neck, an illusion of armor.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein