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white feather

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white feather
n.
A sign of cowardice.
Idiom:
show the white feather
To act like a coward.
[From the belief that a gamecock with a white feather in its tail was a poor fighter.]
white feather
Noun
a symbol of cowardice
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Noun1.white featherwhite feather - a symbol of cowardice
symbolic representation, symbolisation, symbolization, symbol - something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible; "the eagle is a symbol of the United States"


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The dress was a sombre grayish beige, untrimmed and unbraided, and she wore a small turban of the same dull hue, relieved only by a suspicion of white feather in the side.
Sign of the Four by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
Sara Stanley wore a smart new travelling suit and a blue felt hat with a white feather.
The Golden Road by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
One must have an ostrich plume; another, a white feather with a red end; a third, a bunch of cock's tails.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
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