feather-beddingn.

Brit.

/ˈfɛðəˌbɛdɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈfɛðərˌbɛdɪŋ/

Etymology: < feather-bed n. + -ing suffix¹.

(The action of) making comfortable by favourable, esp. economic or financial, treatment; the state of being so treated; spec. the employment of superfluous staff.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > action of benefiting > providing with favourable circumstances

feather-bedding1921

1921 Bull. Bureau Business Res., Harrow 25 Feather bedding, getting pay for work not done.

1928 G. Cooke Theory Mus. iii. 33 This movement has certainly produced a harshening of our music which should even satisfy those who most object to the feather-bedding of the Victorians.

1943 Reader's Digest Mar. 26/2 For the unions, featherbedding has become an established business procedure.

1950 Hansard Commons 7 Mar. 183 Examples of gross feather bedding both in Government service..and in private industry.

1958 Economist 11 Jan. 131/1 The unions have been able to impose feather-bedding and under-employment.

Derivatives

featherbed v. [as a back-formation] (transitive) to provide with, esp. economic, advantages.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial to [verb (transitive)] > provide with advantages

spot1930

featherbed1949

1949 G. Freedley in ‘J. Andrews’ & O. Trilling Internat. Theatre 41 This has brought about a tight departmentalising which has ‘feather-bedded’ union practices.

1950 Hansard Commons 20 Apr. 426 He can rely on this party..not to feather bed..the farmers.

1971 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 17 Feb. 5/5 Why does he..call us the ‘social elite featherbedded on the taxpayers' money’?

featherbedded adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > [adjective] > provided with advantages

advantaged1612

favoured1725

featherbedded1954

1954 Daily Tel. 6 Feb. 4/7 ‘Featherbedded farmer’ is surely one of the most ludicrous phrases ever coined.

a1961 J. Cannan All is Discovered (1962) vi. 149 Those feather~bedded farmers with their sprays and their fertilisers.

feather-bedder n. one devoted to physical or intellectual comfort.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [noun] > one who lives luxuriously

delicatea1382

high-liver1715

feather-bedder1952

sweet-lifer1967

1952 M. McCarthy Groves of Academe (1953) iv. 74 A certain number of seasoned nonconformists and dissenters, sexual deviants, feather-bedders, alcoholics, impostors.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	feather-bedding
释义	feather-beddingn. Brit. /ˈfɛðəˌbɛdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfɛðərˌbɛdɪŋ/ Etymology: < feather-bed n. + -ing suffix¹. (The action of) making comfortable by favourable, esp. economic or financial, treatment; the state of being so treated; spec. the employment of superfluous staff. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > action of benefiting > providing with favourable circumstances feather-bedding1921 1921 Bull. Bureau Business Res., Harrow 25 Feather bedding, getting pay for work not done. 1928 G. Cooke Theory Mus. iii. 33 This movement has certainly produced a harshening of our music which should even satisfy those who most object to the feather-bedding of the Victorians. 1943 Reader's Digest Mar. 26/2 For the unions, featherbedding has become an established business procedure. 1950 Hansard Commons 7 Mar. 183 Examples of gross feather bedding both in Government service..and in private industry. 1958 Economist 11 Jan. 131/1 The unions have been able to impose feather-bedding and under-employment. Derivatives featherbed v. [as a back-formation] (transitive) to provide with, esp. economic, advantages. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial to [verb (transitive)] > provide with advantages spot1930 featherbed1949 1949 G. Freedley in ‘J. Andrews’ & O. Trilling Internat. Theatre 41 This has brought about a tight departmentalising which has ‘feather-bedded’ union practices. 1950 Hansard Commons 20 Apr. 426 He can rely on this party..not to feather bed..the farmers. 1971 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 17 Feb. 5/5 Why does he..call us the ‘social elite featherbedded on the taxpayers' money’? featherbedded adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [adjective] > provided with advantages advantaged1612 favoured1725 featherbedded1954 1954 Daily Tel. 6 Feb. 4/7 ‘Featherbedded farmer’ is surely one of the most ludicrous phrases ever coined. a1961 J. Cannan All is Discovered (1962) vi. 149 Those feather~bedded farmers with their sprays and their fertilisers. feather-bedder n. one devoted to physical or intellectual comfort. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [noun] > one who lives luxuriously delicatea1382 high-liver1715 feather-bedder1952 sweet-lifer1967 1952 M. McCarthy Groves of Academe (1953) iv. 74 A certain number of seasoned nonconformists and dissenters, sexual deviants, feather-bedders, alcoholics, impostors. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1921
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