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in high feather

in high feather prepositional phrase: in high spirits; cheerful.

Prepositional phrase

  1. In high spirits; cheerful.
    • Next Saturday that come, I pitched the cart on the same pitch, and I was in very high feather indeed, keeping ’em laughing the whole of the time, and getting off the goods briskly.1865, Charles Dickens, Doctor Marigold
    • I ascended to the pilot-house in high feather, and very proud to be semi-officially a member of the executive family of so fast and famous a boat.1883, Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi, ch. 18

Questions about in high feather

What does in high feather mean?
In high feather means in high spirits; cheerful.
What part of speech is in high feather?
In high feather is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in high feather in the dictionary

  1. in heaven's name
  2. in hell
  3. in hell's name
  4. in hiding
  5. in high dudgeon
  6. in high feather
  7. in high gear
  8. in hindsight
  9. in hock
  10. in honor of
  11. in honour of

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