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Daniel-san wears a headband throughout the last half of the movie, his mom is nearly crushed under the burden of enormous shoulder pads and even the evil sensei has feathered hair.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2010
His mother, Mrs. Sophie Lenefsky, is an accomplished chicken plucker who has feathered her nest over the years by hard work in a chicken market.
From Time Magazine Archive
“He has often told me so, and, if I mistake not, has feathered his nest well by merchanting.”
From The Norsemen in the West by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
I expect she gets enormous wages and has feathered her nest handsomely.
From The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma by B. M. (Bithia Mary) Croker
Old Maxfield has feathered his nest very considerably.
From A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) by Frances Eleanor Trollope
