featherbed
to subject to or engage in featherbedding.
Origin of featherbed
1Other definitions for feather bed (2 of 2)
a mattress or a bed cover, as a quilt, stuffed with soft feathers.
Origin of feather bed
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How to use featherbed in a sentence
Have both a feather bed and a mattress upon the bedstead, that she may place whichever she prefers uppermost.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence HartleyHe 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.
Our Little Irish Cousin | Mary Hazelton WadeWe ate our lunch and had a smoke, after which we decided to walk homewards along "Feather Bed" terrace.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
British Dictionary definitions for feather bed
a mattress filled with feathers or down
(tr) to pamper; spoil
(intr) US to be subject to or engage in featherbedding
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