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Definition of Pinfeathers
1. pinfeather [n] - See also: pinfeather
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinfeathers
Literary usage of Pinfeathers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1911)
"An abundance of pinfeathers always indicates a young bird, ... Good geese abound
in pinfeathers. Small birds should be plump, have soft feet and pliable ..."
2. A Course in Vertebrate Zoölogy: A Guide to the Dissection and Comparative by Henry Sherring Pratt (1905)
"The down feathers are soft and fluffy; they clothe the nestlings and are also
found between the contour feathers in the adult. The pinfeathers, or ..."
3. A Course in Vertebrate Zoölogy: A Guide to the Dissection and Comparative by Henry Sherring Pratt (1905)
"The down feathers are soft and fluffy; they clothe the nestlings and are also
found between the contour feathers in the adult. The pinfeathers, or ..."
4. Productive Poultry Husbandry: A Complete Text Dealing with the Principles by Harry Reynolds Lewis (1913)
"Next it must be gone over and the pinfeathers extracted. This is usually accomplished
with a knife, the small pins and broken feathers being grasped between ..."
5. Birds of California: An Introduction to More Than Three Hundred Common Birds by Irene Grosvenor Wheelock (1903)
"By the sixth day this had spread to the wings and rump, the edges of the former
began to show dark lines of needle- like points where the pinfeathers were ..."
6. Productive Poultry Husbandry: A Complete Text Dealing with the Principles by Harry Reynolds Lewis (1919)
"Next it must be gone over and the pinfeathers extracted. This is usually accomplished
with a knife, the small pins and broken feathers being grasped between ..."
7. Principles and Practice of Poultry Culture by John Henry Robinson (1912)
"The pinfeathers and stubs that are not taken in this way must be removed one by
one. For this (in both methods) the professional picker uses a short knife, ..."
8. The Home Medical Library edited by Kenelm Winslow (1907)
"pinfeathers indicate a young fowl; hairs an older one. If the end of the breastbone
be cartilaginous, bending easily, the fowl is not more than a year old; ..."
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