leather or feather

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leather or feather definition

n.
a choice of beef or chicken for a meal on an airplane. (Contrived.) : What do the victims get today? Oh, yes, it's leather or feather.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Leather or feather is always a great word to know.

So is doohickey. Does it mean:

a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

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