pinfeathers

I am a pretty staunch traditionalist when it comes to Thanksgiving, so my pinfeathers are a bit ruffled this year.

Toast: Lindy 2005

I am a pretty staunch traditionalist when it comes to Thanksgiving, so my pinfeathers are a bit ruffled this year.

Thanksgiving: Trifling with Tradition Lindy 2005

After brining it in a bucket that he kept on his apartment balcony, he and his girlfriend, Hannah Birnbaum, spent an hour with pliers yanking out dark pinfeathers.‬

These Birds Aren't Spring Chickens, But People Are Gobbling Them Up Geoffrey A. Fowler 2011

Almost all the pinfeathers have blossomed into green iridescence on the back, with hints of orange on the head and tail.

Birdology Sy Montgomery 2010

Sheathed in a protective wax, the pinfeathers will eventually blossom like flowers, but for now they look like the quills of a miniature porcupine.

Birdology Sy Montgomery 2010

Unlike my Ladies, whose molts have always been subtle affairs, molting Rangers sport ugly red bald patches and itchy-looking areas where new pinfeathers are coming in.

Birdology Sy Montgomery 2010

When he took wing, one of his pinfeathers brushed a figure in the Nephew row: Rubeus, Latin for “red,” the color of blood.

Dark Oracle Alayna Williams 2010

No matter how well, trained, no matter how well behaved your dog is, it is almost a given that Fido will have egg on his face and pinfeathers in his whiskers when you get back, even if no chickens are missing.

Taxing the System 2008

  I scratched your pinfeathers with the goo all over me.

DIAPERS FOR HORSES: AN AUBADE TO A LOST COCKATIEL 2008

That day the lady glared at me with a look that could have singed pinfeathers, then she herded her daughters away at a quick irreverent pace.

The Chef’s Apprentice Elle Newmark 2008