in fine feather
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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
Before eight days you will be in fine feather.
From The Brass Bell or, The Chariot of Death by De Leon, Solon
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
It was in fine feather, very glossy, the brightest nuptial yellow and scarlet on beak and shield.
From A Traveller in Little Things by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
Pegasus was in fine feather, which seems a strange thing to say of a horse, but of one whose name suggests wings, perhaps it is appropriate.
From At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell
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