Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A light, giddy, frivolous person; a trifler; a featherbrain.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun colloq. A frivolous or feather-brained person.

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Examples

  • And here comes Rosemary, all feather-head and pale ....

    From Twitter 07-07-2009 2009

  • I was one of those who thought it was on account of the pheasant the the term 'feather-head' came into existence!

    Not just pretty feathers Carla 2010

  • Have I told you anything positive, you feather-head?

    The Insulted and the Injured 2003

  • He still could not figure out whether she was an utter feather-head or very clever.

    Lord of Chaos Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1994

  • It's about the one thing I agree with that feather-head on.

    Magic's Promise Lackey, Mercedes 1990

  • It's about the one thing I agree with that feather-head on.

    Magic's Promise Lackey, Mercedes 1990

  • But what concerned me most was the identity of the father; I knew my darling feather-head, you see, for the trollop she was -- you would never have thought it, to look at her beguiling innocence, but it had long been an unspoken bargain between us that we let each other's private lives alone, and I could guess she had been in the woodshed with half a dozen during my absence.

    Flash For Freedom Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1971

  • But what concerned me most was the identity of the father; I knew my darling feather-head, you see, for the trollop she was -- you would never have thought it, to look at her beguiling innocence, but it had long been an unspoken bargain between us that we let each other's private lives alone, and I could guess she had been in the woodshed with half a dozen during my absence.

    Flash For Freedom Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1971

  • Alison was a nice girl and a pretty one, but she was a feather-head.

    Summer Term At St Clare's Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1967

  • Alison is still such a feather-head, and Angela has a lot to learn yet.

    Fifth Formers at St. Clare's Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1967

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