WHITE FEATHER


Meaning of WHITE FEATHER in English

Function: noun

Etymology: from the superstition that a white feather in the plumage of a gamecock is a mark of a poor fighter

Date: circa 1785

: a mark or symbol of cowardice ― used chiefly in the phrase show the white feather

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