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in high feather
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Definition:in high spiritsNoah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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The two batches of heroes were in high feather—King William’s party (to wit, Tom Whiskey and his friends) standing accidentally on that side of the barn which was occupied by the barley-sacks and the Papishes, and the Catholic generals ranged with the Orange audience on the opposite side.
Humours of Irish Life: William Carleton. The Battle of Aughrim
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He's in wonderful feather. He'll be eighty-two next birthday.
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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I ascended to the pilot-house in high feather, and very proud to be semi-officially a member of the executive family of so fast and famous a boat.
Mark Twain. Life on the Mississippi (1883)
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