in fine feather

prepositional phrase

Doing well; healthy and successful.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. Doing well; healthy and successful.

    The little actress was in fine feather.

    1900, Theodore Dreiser, Sister Carrie
    2 more examples

    Dowley was in fine feather, and I early got him started, and then adroitly worked him around onto his own history for a text and himself for a hero, and then it was good to sit there and hear him hum.

    1889, Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

    Yes, indeed, Miss Jane, you look in fine feather! I couldn't be more pleased.

    2000, Elizabeth Mansfield, Miscalculations, →ISBN
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APA

in fine feather. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20fine%20feather

MLA

“in fine feather.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20fine%20feather. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in fine feather,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20fine%20feather.

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