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View synonyms for featherbed
featherbed
[ feth-er-bed ]
verb (used with or without object)
, feath·er·bed·ded, feath·er·bed·ding.
- to subject to or engage in featherbedding.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of featherbed1
First recorded in 1945–50; back formation from featherbedding
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Example Sentences
Return to his bedroom, throw off the clothes, beat the featherbed, see that the fustian and sheets are clean.
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A bit of straw matting, laid over a featherbed, and covered with the under sheet, makes a very cool bed for an infant.
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God becomes man becomes fish becomes barnacle goose becomes featherbed mountain.
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“Now my featherbed,” says Aunt Elvira, and she has the porter jam it in alongside of me, which makes more or less of a full house.
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He was now going to a home provided by benevolent persons as a kind of featherbed to catch the falling workhouse boy.
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