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featherbed

/feth-er-bed/US // ˈfɛð ərˌbɛd //

羽毛床,羽绒服,羽毛浴,羽毛状床

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Definitions

  1. 1

    feath·er·bed·ded, feath·er·bed·ding.

    • : to subject to or engage in featherbedding.

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Examples

  • Return to his bedroom, throw off the clothes, beat the featherbed, see that the fustian and sheets are clean.

  • A bit of straw matting, laid over a featherbed, and covered with the under sheet, makes a very cool bed for an infant.

  • God becomes man becomes fish becomes barnacle goose becomes featherbed mountain.

  • “Now my featherbed,” says Aunt Elvira, and she has the porter jam it in alongside of me, which makes more or less of a full house.

  • He was now going to a home provided by benevolent persons as a kind of featherbed to catch the falling workhouse boy.