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featherbed

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feath·er·bed  (fr-bd)
intr.v. feath·er·bed·ded, feath·er·bed·ding, feath·er·beds
To engage in or promote featherbedding.
adj.
Relating to or promoting featherbedding: featherbed rules.
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Noun1.featherbedfeatherbed - a mattress stuffed with feathers
feather bed
mattress - a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed
Verb1.featherbed - treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil, indulge
do by, treat, handle - interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently"
2.featherbed - hire more workers than are necessary
hire, employ, engage - engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"
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One does not yearn for "just another five minutes" nearly so much, lying wrapped up in a rug on the boards of a boat, with a Gladstone bag for a pillow, as one does in a featherbed.
Three Men In A Boat (To Say Nothing Of The Dog) by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context
cried Miss La Creevy, 'a porcupine's a featherbed to him
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context
Sedley to her husband; and that night in a conversation which took place in a front room in the second floor, in a sort of tent, hung round with chintz of a rich and fantastic India pattern, and double with calico of a tender rose-colour; in the interior of which species of marquee was a featherbed, on which were two pillows, on which were two round red faces, one in a laced nightcap, and one in a simple cotton one, ending in a tassel--in a CURTAIN LECTURE, I say, Mrs.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
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