noun
Etymology
Origin of pinfeather
Example Sentences
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Famished after their uphill fight, they fell to and swallowed many a pinfeather in their eagerness.
From Time Magazine Archive
Poor eagle—he scarcely has a pinfeather left by the time that H. L. Mencken, William Allen White, Sherwood Anderson and their kind are through with him.
From Time Magazine Archive
Other pinfeather fliers, who turned their checkered caps backward when they climbed into their planes, called him "The Dude."
From Time Magazine Archive
Hospital Tommy drew a pinfeather toothpick from under his smock.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
The preacher sharp, who's about as young an' new as the pinfeather party, looks like he yoonites with him in them views.
From Wolfville Nights by Lewis, Alfred Henry
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