horsefeather

plural horsefeathers

1. pluralOne 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.

   2000, Dandi Daley Mackall, Horsefeathers!, page 82

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   "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!

   2010, Joel Townsley Rogers, Killing Time and Other Stories, page 256

   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.

   c. 2015-2016, Wilyem Clark, Umber Apostle, page 45

2. A cocktail made of rye or blended whiskey, ginger ale, lemon juice and bitters.