What is Smooth One's / Sb's Feathers?
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to make oneself (or somebody else) feel less irritated or offended
Lacon was no fool, and the Cousin's wrath just when everyone was trying to smooth their feathers was a thing to be avoided at any cost.
John le Carré: The Honourable SchoolboyRONET BOOKS, Hodder & Stoughton, 2000. p. 63.
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The code name for Blue top Smirnoff vodka ½ pint aperitifs at a welder’s lunch break at the shipyard during the 60’s
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