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feather bed

noun

  1. a mattress or a bed cover, as a quilt, stuffed with soft feathers.


feather bed

noun

  1. a mattress filled with feathers or down


verb

  1. tr to pamper; spoil
  2. intr to be subject to or engage in featherbedding

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Word History and Origins

Origin of feather bed1

before 1000; Middle English, Old English

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Example Sentences

Have both a feather bed and a mattress upon the bedstead, that she may place whichever she prefers uppermost.

He will give you food and a feather-bed, but you must provide yourselves with sheets and table-cloths.

Lieutenant Sill and I had passed the night in neighboring caverns of the same miraculous feather-bed.

Two of the gentlemen took seats on the edge of a big feather bed, for there were not chairs enough to go around.

We ate our lunch and had a smoke, after which we decided to walk homewards along "Feather Bed" terrace.

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