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horsefeathers
[
hawrs
-fe
th
-erz
]
Origin
horse·feath·ers
/
ˈhɔrsˌfɛð
ərz
/
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[
hawrs
-fe
th
-erz
]
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Slang
.
noun
1.
(
used with a singular or plural verb
)
something not worth considering.
interjection
2.
rubbish; nonsense; bunk (used to express contemptuous rejection).
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insincere talk; nonsense
an old person
an easy or profitable source of livelihood of dubious legality
something of cheap or inferior quality; junk
raucous or querulous speech; a noisy, foolish utterance
an awkward and unlucky person for whom things never turn out right
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Origin:
1925–30,
Americanism
;
horse
+
feathers
, as euphemism for
horseshit
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
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horsefeathers
"nonsense," 1928, said to have been coined by U.S. cartoonist Billy De Beck; perhaps a variant of horseshit "nonsense," though the latter is attested only from 1940s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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