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feather-legged

[ feth-er-leg-id, -legd ]

adjective

Southern U.S.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of feather-legged1

First recorded in 1870–75
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The feather-legged assassin bug, which also preys on ants in Australia, is triumphant less than 3 percent of the time.

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In the United States both names are used, the feather-legged being called Shanghaes, and the clean-legged Cochins.

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Naturally, the Germans are too wise not to be suspicious; those French people might be cunning enough to disguise their carriers as big white feather-legged pigeons.

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"Do, do," said the Feather-legged Hen.

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"It is, it is," said the Feather-legged Hen.

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