Definition of Feather boa

1. Noun. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.

Exact synonyms: Boa
Generic synonyms: Scarf

Lexicographical Neighbors of Feather Boa

feater
featest
feather-bed
feather-brain
feather-brained
feather-edge
feather-few
feather-foil
feather-headed
feather-heeled
feather-veined
feather ball
feather bed
feather beds
feather boa (current term)
feather duster
feather dusters
feather geranium
feather in one's cap
feather one's nest
feather one's own nest
feather palm
feather pen
feather star
feather wool
featherback
featherbed
featherbedded

Literary usage of Feather boa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Facing the Music: An Original Farcial Comedy in Three Acts by James Henry Darnley (1905)
"feather boa, sir? SMITH. That's right—Oh, feather boa! Oh you a™ clever! " ' DICK. ... (reading from note book) Brown hat ostrich feathers, feather boa, ..."

2. Sunsetby Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1910)
"MONEY RETURNED IF NOT PLEASED Cawston Ostrich Boas As a Christmas present, what can equal a Cawston Ostrich feather boa? We have these in all sixes from one ..."

3. The Circular Study by Anna Katharine Green (1900)
"No, sir, short strings; long strings are no longer the fashion." " But you wore something which fell from your neck?" " Yes, a boa—a feather boa ..."

4. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1905)
"The charm of the feather boa, lately restored to its former favored position, has vastly increased, as the latest importations bear witness. ..."

5. West Ham: A Study in Social and Industrial Problems; Being the Report of the by Outer London Inquiry Committee (1907)
"6d. curling a single feather boa for a private order, whereas the firm for whom she usually worked would give 2s. gd. per dozen for feather boas. ..."

6. The Early History of Jacob Stahl by John Davys Beresford (1911)
"The two women went out quickly, without turning round — another speaker was on his feet — but the feather boa which the interesting woman had been wearing ..."

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