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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Defeat her #179 10/21/01 11:25 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 K Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel K Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 I've never heard "to feather one's cap". I have heard "to feather one's nest" and (in WW's sense) "a feather in his cap". Perhaps the last relates to a period when ostrich feathers were the fashion craze among well-dressed ladies? But why "cap"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted feather merchant saxton 03/15/00 07:52 PM Re: feather merchant Longwell 03/15/00 08:27 PM Re: feather merchant of troy 10/22/01 12:22 PM Re: feather merchant of troy 10/22/01 12:23 PM Re: feather merchant maverick 10/22/01 01:16 PM Re: feather merchant wwh 10/22/01 06:31 PM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 10/22/01 09:25 PM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 10/22/01 11:33 PM Re: Horsefeathers wwh 10/23/01 12:10 AM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 10/21/01 08:45 PM Re: Defeat her wwh 10/21/01 09:03 PM Re: Defeat her Keiva 10/21/01 11:25 PM Re: Defeat her doc_comfort 10/22/01 06:33 AM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 10/22/01 11:10 AM Re: Reeds on a Roman Helmet? Jackie 10/22/01 03:02 PM feathers, feathers, feathers Sparteye 10/22/01 05:46 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,412 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 477 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 28 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,583 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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