tail-feathers

He has a suitably supercilious-acting Aaron Loux, as the Cock, shake his yellow-clad booty—festooned by what looks like a cotton tail and a spray of tail-feathers—at Fox and audience alike.

Mark Morris And His Joy of Text Robert Greskovic 2011

He made a clutch as startled as was the rise of the ptarmigan, and there remained in his hand three tail-feathers.

LOVE OF LIFE 2010

He made a clutch as startled as was the rise of the ptarmigan, and there remained in his hand three tail-feathers.

LOVE OF LIFE 2010

And perched on his shoulder, in a state of resigned disgust, was a white firebird, wing-primaries and tail-feathers dyed in rainbow colors, with a huge ribbon-cluster tied onto its head, and ribbonjesses trailing from bracelets on its legs.

Widows and Orphans R. Daniel Lester 2010

You may look, they seem to say as he swings her over his back so that her legs flare like the spreading tail-feathers of a dove, but kindly keep your distance.

Chase the Dream; Tales of Beatrix Potter — review 2010

But next to the dress was a note attached to a new hair ornament - one of Aya's sparkling white tail-feathers with green crystal beadwork ornamenting the shaft.

Elephant in the City 2010

Like Foghorn Leghorn after an encounter with a lawnmower, they retrieve their tail-feathers, puff out their chest and return to the unequal struggle.

Betfair flotation may give potential shareholders a sinking feeling 2010

It was fletched with the split tail-feathers of a woodpecker, I saw, and banded with blue thread, wrapped in a line half an inch wide below the quills.

Sick Cycle Carousel 2010

These were all primaries, secondaries, or tail-feathers, and the smallest was as long as Firesong's forearm.

Elephant in the City 2010

I work my tail-feathers off to take premium care of the body the Creator has given me.

James Arthur Ray: Health Care: What Ever Happened to Personal Responsibility? 2009