(definition) by Vulgar Tongue 1811 Tue May 03 2005 at 20:25:30
WHITE FEATHER
He has a white feather; he is a coward; an allusion to a game cock, where having a white leather is a proof he is not of the true game breed.

The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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