feather merchant
(slang, by extension) Someone who does not do worthwhile work; someone who is more appearance than substance.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
(slang, by extension) Someone who does not do worthwhile work; someone who is more appearance than substance.
"I think you're a goddamn feather merchant." When he saw that this had sort of stunned Lowell, he went on. "A word of advice, feather merchant: Don't try to take advantage of being the general's lady's golf pro and instructor in kraut."
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#2·Apr 27, 2026
(military slang) A civilian.
But do you know that you are also a feather merchant-you and 120,000,000 other Americans? "Feather Merchants" is G.I. slang for civilians, and Max Shulman has done a book which points out why with a million irreverent, barbed laughs.
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#3·Apr 27, 2026
(military slang, by extension) Someone with a cushy job or without combat experience.
One more point, the aide says, also, this Arthur Zooks is not only the general's high-school classmate, but is a Very Important Person —in Feather Merchant circles.
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