Feathermaker

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A maker of artificial feathers, or plumes of real ones, for use on clothing etc.

    "THE economic crisis doesn’t really scare the people who still practice haute couture, that small, vanishing world of embroiderers, dyers and feathermakers who serve the imagination of the few remaining couturiers."

Example

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"THE economic crisis doesn’t really scare the people who still practice haute couture, that small, vanishing world of embroiderers, dyers and feathermakers who serve the imagination of the few remaining couturiers."

Etymology

From feather + maker.

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