What is Smooth One's / Sb's Feathers?


1.

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.


67

Random Words:

1. To suffer from fuckwitage; being a total and utter fuckwit. Noun: Fuckwitageness. Fuk-wit-age-nes Brad: <Is drunk. Knocks things ov..
1. Orthopaedic device or insole fitted in shoes to correct foot deformities or an abnormal walking pattern Hey Dude you walk like a duck, ..
1. The term "poge" (pronounced with a long "o", like "rogue") is used in the military as a general descriptor..