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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(chiefly in plural) One of the long hairs on lower legs of a draft horse, see horsefeathers..
I took the feather from him and ran my hand down the soft, wet bristles. "You telling me this is a horsefeather" I asked.
"Oh, great holy goose grease!" the reported gasped in a hushed whisper. "Strike me blind with a horsefeather and let the cuckoo bird eat out my brain!
The prince at once set to bargaining with the Agrarians, and offered them pieces of gold but they would part with the Part That Is Also a Plow on one and only one condition: that the Prince give them a horsefeather in trade so that the might fine-tune their crop of Stringed Beans. "Goos quills simply do not suffice! their leader said.
Use horsefeather when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Horsefeather means (chiefly in plural) One of the long hairs on lower legs of a draft horse, see horsefeathers..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I took the feather from him and ran my hand down the soft, wet bristles. "You telling me this is a horsefeather" I asked.
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