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11White Feather — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Die weiße Feder Originaltitel: White Feather Produktionsland: USA Erscheinungsjahr: 1955 Länge: 102 Minuten Originalsprache: Englisch …
12white feather — noun Etymology: from the superstition that a white feather in the plumage of a gamecock is a mark of a poor fighter Date: circa 1785 a mark or symbol of cowardice used chiefly in the phrase show the white feather …
13white feather — n. symbol of cowardice to show the white feather * * * [ symbol of cowardice ] to show the white feather …
14white feather — Chiefly Brit. 1. a symbol of cowardice. 2. show the white feather, to behave in a cowardly manner. [1775 85; orig. from a white feather in a gamecock s tail, taken as a sign of inferior breeding and hence of poor fighting qualities] * * * …
15white feather — /waɪt ˈfɛðə / (say wuyt fedhuh) noun a symbol of cowardice. {from the white feather in the tail of some cocks, in cockfighting taken as a sign of inferior breeding and hence of poor fighting qualities} …
16white feather — ► NOUN ▪ a white feather given to someone as a sign that they are considered a coward. ORIGIN with reference to a white feather in the tail of a game bird, being a mark of bad breeding …
17white feather — as a symbol of cowardice, 1785, supposedly from game cocks, where having a white feather, is proof he is not of the true game breed [Grose] …
18white feather — noun a white feather given to someone as a sign that they are considered a coward. Origin C18: with ref. to a white feather in the tail of a game bird, being a mark of bad breeding …
19white feather — cowardice Such a feather in the plumage of a fighting cock was said to indicate poor breeding whence less aggressive behaviour: There s a white feather somewhere in the chield s wing, for all he s so big and buirdly. (Hamilton, 1898… …
20The White Dragon (film) — Infobox Film name = The White Dragon director = Wilson Yip producer = Joe Ma Y.Y. Kong Cao Biao writer = Wilson Yip Law Yiu Fai starring = Cecilia Cheung Francis Ng Andy On Hui Shiu Hung Patrick Tang Lei Liu distributor = flagicon|Hong Kong China …
