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Brewer’s Dictionary
> Plumes.
Plume Oneself (
To
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Plumper (
A
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
E. Cobham Brewer
1810–1897
. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Plumes.
In borrowed plumes.
Assumed merit; airs and graces not merited. The allusion is to the fable of the jackdaw who dressed up in peacock’s feathers.
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Plume Oneself (
To
).
Plumper (
A
).
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