HORSEFEATHERS

Horse Feathers

Horse Feathers is a Marx Brothers film comedy. It stars the four Marx Brothers and Thelma Todd. It was written by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, S. J. Perelman, and Will B. Johnstone. Kalmar and Ruby also wrote some of the original music for the film. Several of the film's gags were taken from the Marx Brothers' stage comedy from the 1900s, Fun in Hi Skule.

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horsefeathers

Noun

  1. Nonsense; indicates disbelief.
    Dismissing the rumors as "horsefeathers", he advised everybody to disregard them.
  2. Long hair on lower legs of a draft horse (e.g., Clydesdale), especially the rear legs.
  3. Feathering strips.

Interjection

  1. Indicates disbelief.
    Horsefeathers! You knew it was a bad idea and now you're just making excuses about it.


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