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fuss and feathers

fuss and feathers noun: fuss; excessive activity or bother.

Noun

fuss and feathers (uncountable)

  1. Fuss; excessive activity or bother.
    • While passing troops on the march, there was none of that fuss and feathers about Grant that demands the admiration of those who love spectacular effect, and therefore there was scarcely any of that 'hurrah, boys' that we read about in the Napoleonic era; […]1885, Benjamin Perley Poore, Otis Henry Tiffany, Life of U.S. Grant (page 121)

Questions about fuss and feathers

What does fuss and feathers mean?
Fuss and feathers means fuss; excessive activity or bother.
What part of speech is fuss and feathers?
Fuss and feathers is a noun.

Words near fuss and feathers in the dictionary

  1. fusospirochetal
  2. fusospirochetal gingivitis
  3. fusospirochete
  4. fusospirochetes
  5. fuss
  6. fuss and feathers
  7. fuss around
  8. fuss over
  9. fuss-budget
  10. fuss-budgetry
  11. fuss-budgets

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