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in fine feather

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  1. Also,. In excellent form, health, or humor. For example, He was in fine feather, joking with all his visitors. These expressions all allude to a bird's healthy plumage, a usage dating from the late 1500s and no longer very common.

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Without benefit of egg, he was born 50 years ago this week in a movie called The Wise Little Hen, and Donald Duck is still in fine feather.

From Time Magazine Archive

It makes me heartsick to think that after all our work he is in fine feather, strutting around the city as one of the best friends the British had in this section.

From Commodore Barney's Young Spies A Boy's Story of the Burning of the City of Washington by Otis, James

"I see that you're in fine feather this morning," he said, "I'll open it for you."

From The Forest of Swords A Story of Paris and the Marne by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)

You see a parcel of young ones went up the lane in fine feather, colors flying and drums beat-in’.”

From The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play by Rand, Edward A.

She can teach them lots of good things and they can be handed back to you in fine feather when your time is yours to enjoy again.”

From The Woodcraft Girls in the City by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth

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