feather merchant
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see feather, merchant. One who sells feathers.
Example Sentences
- "But do you know that you are also a feather merchant-you and 120,000,000 other Americans? "Feather Merchants" is G.I. slang for civilians, and Max Shulman has done a book which points out why with a million irreverent, barbed laughs."
- "One more point, the aide says, also, this Arthur Zooks is not only the general's high-school classmate, but is a Very Important Person —in Feather Merchant circles."
- ""I think you're a goddamn feather merchant." When he saw that this had sort of stunned Lowell, he went on. "A word of advice, feather merchant: Don't try to take advantage of being the general's lady's golf pro and instructor in kraut.""
- "Every soldier knows that “feather merchants” means civilians, but few know why it does. The origins of the term are indeed cloaked in mystery."
- "Everybody who works for a feather merchant knows where all the trouble is — at higher headquarters. At least, that's what the feather merchant says."
- "What's wrong? You feather merchants can't handle the mission?"