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featherbed
[ feth-er-bed ]
verb (used with or without object)
featherbedded, featherbedding.
- to subject to or engage in featherbedding.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of featherbed1
First recorded in 1945–50; back formation from featherbedding
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Although the pitch seems like a featherbed now, there is a suggestion of low bounce and turn.
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"He said riding that particular machine was like being on a featherbed as it was so smooth, and the name just stuck."
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We sat down and the grass felt heavenly, like a featherbed compared with the wagon floor.
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The lights flickered on and weightlessness returned, cradling me like a featherbed.
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For instance, the girl who claims to be royal and passes the test because of the pea under layers of featherbeds in “The Princess and the Pea.”
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