turkey-feather love

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  • I watched the tastanaki slip his war club into the sash at his waist, sling a turkey-feather cloak over his shoulders, and slip an arm through the strap on his quiver.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • I watched the tastanaki slip his war club into the sash at his waist, sling a turkey-feather cloak over his shoulders, and slip an arm through the strap on his quiver.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • Essentially a Hare's Ear with long wood-duck tails and a turkey-feather back, it matches the robust natural nymphs perfectly.

    Trout Fishing MVP's--Nymphs and Wets 2002

  • Young ladies go invariably with chaperones; following each dance there is a brief promenade, whereafter the young ladies are returned to their duennas -- who, if they be Charleston dowagers in perfection, usually carry turkey-feather fans.

    American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' Julian Street 1913

  • The patient lies under the blankets surrounded by a line of sacred meal in which turkey-feather prayer-sticks, _kĕdán_, are implanted.

    The North American Indian Edward S. Curtis 1910

  • "Well now, wa'n't that lovely?" crowed Mrs. Daggett, cooling her flushed face with slow sweeps of the big turkey-feather fan Mrs. Dix handed her.

    An Alabaster Box Florence Morse Kingsley 1898

  • The latter would walk to the church anyway, and when our old carryall reached the door, I felt like screaming to see her sitting there on the steps fanning herself with her turkey-feather fan and waiting for us to appear.

    The Harvest of Years Martha Lewis Beckwith Ewell 1871

  • You jest take care now; and here 's a turkey-feather fan to fan her with; and I 'll get on the kettle to make her a cup of tea.

    Oldtown Folks 1869

  • So that he that would be tall became exceeding tall, for his head rose above the forest; and even the turkey-feather at the top thereof is not forgotten, since to this day it is seen waving in the wind.

    Algonquin Legends of New England Charles Godfrey Leland 1863

  • What will happen to the Baby Grand covered with rhinestones and turkey-feather ...

    LT Saloon 2010

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