FEATHER
Related Subject: Birds
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Horsefeathers!—Epithet coined by BILLY DEBECK, in the cartoon, "Barney Google." It enjoyed a considerable currency.
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It hath been an ancient custom among them [The Hungarians] that none should wear a feather but he who had killed a Turk, to whom only it was lawful to show the number of his slain enemies by the number of feathers in his cap.—RICHARD HANSARD, A Description of Hungary
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Feather by feather, birds build nests.—MIDDLETON & ROWLEY, The Spanish Gypsy
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I am a feather for each wind that blows.—SHAKESPEARE, The Winter's Tale
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