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featherbed::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | feather bed |
| Type of | mattress |
Examples of featherbed
featherbed
A foam egg crate or featherbed mattress topper can really improve the comfort of a dorm bed.
From the inrich.com
Paired with a featherbed and antique zebra rug, the dreamy bed is just one amazing find to be uncovered here.
From the ocregister.com
Suspecting that the peace process was being used to featherbed republicans, they were loud in their condemnation.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
But that match was played on a Hove featherbed.
From the theargus.co.uk
The featherbed-topped mattress, the LCD television, the robe, the LED reading lights and the yards of granite all take their requisite bows.
From the travel.nytimes.com
The colour is bright and clear, and both the bouquet and palate are full of plum and raspberry fruit, the warm, gently earthy tannins a featherbed for the fruit to rest on.
From the theaustralian.com.au
Mr Davis will not want to make a mockery of this comparison by using money that could burnish his state's lustre merely to featherbed special interests instead.
From the economist.com
France is now almost as isolated as it is obstinate in its defence of the old-style CAP, which has used high food prices and import barriers to featherbed European farmers.
From the economist.com
Leaders, most notably Blair and his successor, Gordon Brown, believed that if they let financial services rip, the tax take would featherbed the welfare state.
From the time.com
- Feather bed: a mattress stuffed with feathers
- Pamper: treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
- Hire more workers than are necessary
- (featherbedding) the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required
- A featherbed is a type of bedding traditionally used on top of mattresses to help make them softer. They can be made either with feathers, down, or a combination of both materials. Most people recommend that you shake out or fluff the featherbed often to keep the feathers evenly distributed.
- (featherbedding) The employment of more workers than is necessary because of union rules, especially upon the introduction of new technology
- (Featherbedding) A labor practice that unions use to create work for their members, for example, by limiting production, using more workers than a job requires, or paying for work not performed. The practice is prohibited by the Taft-Hartley Act.
- (Featherbedding) Goal of unions regardless of maximization model is to raise the wage above the level necessary to attract sufficient workers into the market. It is expected there will be a surplus of applicants for union jobs as a result. ...
- (Featherbedding) In labor relations, a demand for the payment of wages for a service not actually rendered.
