crown-feathers

Updated: August 14, 2026

This impertinent Jay peck'd 'em by the Legs, or pull'd 'em by the Crown-feathers, without Distinction: Nay, I saw some Cacklogallinians of the great Order, whose Heads he could not reach, stoop to him, and beg he would do them the Honour to pull their Crowns.

Samuel Brunt - A Voyage to Cacklogallinia: With a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners of That Country