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in full feather. In the best condition or feeling great; e.g. "Our regiment was formed the first month of the war and marched off for Washington in full feather." The older term "full feather" meant a person's best clothes.
From "The Language of the Civil War" by John D. Wright page 157.
From "The Language of the Civil War" by John D. Wright page 157.
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