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Featherbedding is the
practice of
hiring more
workers than are
needed to
perform a
given job, or to
adopt work
procedures which appear pointless, complex...
- material.
Featherbed may also
refer to: A type of
mattress topper filled with
feathers and/or down; see bed base for history. A
featherbed bog, a type...
- The
featherbed frame was a
motorcycle frame invented by the
McCandless brothers and
offered to the
British Norton motorcycle company to
improve the performance...
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poked through the old one.
Featherbeds may be
washed intact, or
feathers and
ticks can be
cleaned separately.
Since featherbeds were
historically very valuable...
- Patagonia, the
Falkland Islands and New Zealand. The
blanket bogs
known as '
featherbeds' on
subantarctic Macquarie Island occur on
raised marine terraces; they...
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insulator and padding, used in
goods such as jackets,
bedding (duvets and
featherbeds),
pillows and
sleeping bags. The
discovery of
feathers trapped in ancient...
- 820 contained,
amongst the deposits, down duvets. In the 15th century,
featherbeds (mattresses) were used by rich
monarchs in
continental Europe and in...
- from
production after 1957, when
sidecar Featherbeds were introduced.
Duplex cradle frames known as '
featherbed' were
introduced in two types; the initial...
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manufacturer of
basic bedding including pillows, comforters, sheets, and
featherbeds.
Owned by the
Hanauer family from 1924
through 2017,
brothers Nick Hanauer...
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Featherbed Nature Reserve is a
privately owned nature reserve on the
Western Headland of the
Knysna River Estuary on
South Africa’s
Garden Route. It was...
