"horsefeather" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: horsefeathers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} horsefeather (plural horsefeathers)
  1. (chiefly in plural) One of the long hairs on lower legs of a draft horse, see horsefeathers. Tags: plural Translations (hair): vuohiskarva (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-horsefeather-en-noun-cYLzV9YZ Disambiguation of 'hair': 100 0
  2. A cocktail made of rye or blended whiskey, ginger ale, lemon juice and bitters. Categories (topical): Cocktails
    Sense id: en-horsefeather-en-noun-r9c4FcEZ Disambiguation of Cocktails: 22 78 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56

Inflected forms

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