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Meaning of horsefeather | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. One of the long hairs on lower legs of a draft horse, see horsefeathers.
  2. A cocktail made of rye or blended whiskey, ginger ale, lemon juice and bitters.

Equivalents

Suomi vuohiskarva

Examples

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

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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