horsefeather

horsefeather

English

Noun

horsefeather (plural horsefeathers)

1. (chiefly in plural) One of the long hairs on lower legs of a draft horse, see horsefeathers.
   • 2000, Dandi Daley Mackall, Horsefeathers!, page 82:

     I took the feather from him and ran my hand down the soft, wet bristles. "You telling me this is a horsefeather" I asked.

   • 2010, Joel Townsley Rogers, Killing Time and Other Stories, page 256:

     "Oh, great holy goose grease!" the reported gasped in a hushed whisper. "Strike me blind with a horsefeather and let the cuckoo bird eat out my brain!

   • (Can we date this quote?), Wilyem Clark, Umber Apostle, page 45:

     The prince at once set to bargaining with the Agrarians, and offered them pieces of gold but they would part with the Part That Is Also a Plow on one and only one condition: that the Prince give them a horsefeather in trade so that the might fine-tune their crop of Stringed Beans. "Goos quills simply do not suffice! their leader said.

2. A cocktail made of rye or blended whiskey, ginger ale, lemon juice and bitters.

Translations

hair

Finnish: vuohiskarva

cocktail