noun. A bed made of feathers; a mattress filled with feathers; a soft bed.

noun. The feather-poke, a small bird of the genus Phylloscopus, as the willow-warbler, P. trochilus, or chiff-chaff, P. rufus: so called because it uses feathers in making its nest.

noun. a mattress stuffed with feathers.

noun. A mattress stuffed with feathers

verb. To treat someone with excessive indulgence; to pamper, cosset or mollycoddle

noun. a mattress stuffed with feathers

verb. treat with excessive indulgence

noun. a mattress stuffed with feathers

verb. hire more workers than are necessary

"I never knew before what an uninteresting thing a featherbed is – when you are obliged to hold it in your arms."

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