feather in one's cap

Definitions

1. An accomplishment; particularly one that is flaunted or boasted of.
   idiomatic
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see feather, cap.

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Examples

“He thinks it is quite a feather in his cap that he figured it out for himself.”

“And contrary to his own⟳ Expectation, as well as that of every Body else, when he came to Court, the seven and twentieth of July, the Staff was taken from him, rather with mortifying, than agreeable Circumstances ; When a considerable Pension, or at least a Feather in his Cap, was the least that was expected for him.”

“Everyone was elated with this turn⟳ of events, most of all Colonel Cathcart, who was convinced he had won a feather in his cap.”

“However, one of the biggest feathers in Perez's cap is thanks to the 2003 crossover JLA/Avengers, a project nearly two decades in the making that was derailed by bureaucracy and bullheaded decision-making years prior.”

“On a value-for-money basis, Scotland currently has more feathers in its cap.”

“He wore a feather in his cap, and wagg'd it too often.”

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