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feather bed

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feather bed
n.
1. A mattress stuffed with feathers.
2. A bed having a feather mattress.
feather bed
Noun
a mattress filled with feathers or down
Verb
featherbed, [-bedding, -bedded]
to pamper or spoil (someone)
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.feather bedfeather bed - a mattress stuffed with feathers    
featherbed
mattress - a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed


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And there in fact was Sonya lying face downward on Nurse's dirty feather bed on the top of the chest, crumpling her gauzy pink dress under her, hiding her face with her slender fingers, and sobbing so convulsively that her bare little shoulders shook.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
You--a doctor--sleep on a feather bed and get up at night to your patients
Crime And Punishment by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
There will be a little room upstairs over the porch, where old dreams hang thick, and a big, fat, glorious feather bed which will almost seem the height of luxury after a boardinghouse mattress.
Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
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