horsefeathers

Interjection

1. (US, euphemistic) Indicates disbelief.
   • Horsefeathers! You knew it was a bad idea and now you're just making excuses about it.

   Synonyms:

   fiddlesticks, get out of town, pull the other one

Noun

horsefeathers pl (plural only)

1. (US, euphemistic, plural, plural-only) Nonsense; indicates disbelief.
   • Dismissing the rumors as "horsefeathers", he advised everybody to disregard them.
   • The most notorious of these was Templeton Rye: Said to be from Iowa, it was purportedly distilled using a Prohibition-era recipe that was a favorite of none other than Al Capone who, according to legend, called it "the good stuff." The story turned out to be such a load of horsefeathers that...2015, Tony Sachs, “The Delicious Secret Behind Your Favorite Whiskey: The Best Spirits from MGP”, in Serious Eats
2. (plural, plural-only) Long hair on lower legs of a draft horse (e.g., Clydesdale), especially the rear legs.
3. (plural, plural-only) Feathering strips.
   • The exterior of the court is entirely of sheathing and wood shingles applied over "horsefeathers."1940, New York lumber trade journal, volumes 108-9, page 26
   • In summary, the record establishes that to produce horsefeathers one starts by sawing a log (longitudinally) into boards or planks, which are then likewise center resawn (longitudinally); that the original boards, as well as the center resawn boards, have at least two approximately parallel...1968 United States Customs Court, First Division, A. N. DERINGER, INC. v. UNITED STATES 287 F.Supp. 1016 (1968) August 8, 1968