Meanings
nounfeathered oof-bird (plural feathered oof-birds)
plural feathered oof-birds
- BritishdatedidiomaticslangAny large, plentiful source or supplier of money.
And didn’t Conklin say ‘Hah! Hah! Hah! I want gold!’ or words to that effect? And didn’t you tell him that the pawn shop that he has there is the home of the feathered oof-bird?”
2015 April 24, Francis Dimenno, “The Information #883”, in dimenno
Origin
UK late 19th century–1920s.
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