featherbed
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featherbed
noun featherbeds · feather bed
- A mattress stuffed with feathers.
- An area of bog where a layer of moss covers a pool of water or mud, presenting a hazard to walkers who may fall through it. (Also in UK and Irish placenames.) There are mires, bogs, and 'featherbeds' or quaking bogs. With the first two, look for the tussocks of heavy grass or rushes around the edges, which offer a relatively firm footing, but if you see a stretch of bright green sphagnum moss, for God's sake stay away from it. The moss is a mat covering a
- A soft, slow pitch of predictable bounce.
verb featherbeds · featherbedding · featherbedded · feather-bed
- To treat someone with excessive indulgence; to pamper, cosset or mollycoddle.
- To engage in featherbedding; to employ more workers than necessary to fulfill a labor union requirement.
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verb to pamper, cosset or mollycoddle
| Español | ser indulgente, consentir, mimar, tener entre algodones |
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| Deutsch | verwöhnen |
Talk about this word "featherbed." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/featherbed. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. featherbed. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/featherbed "featherbed." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/featherbed.
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@misc{featherbed_2026,
title = {featherbed},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/featherbed},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
