feathered folk

English

Noun

feathered folk (countable and uncountable, plural feathered folks)

  1. Birds in general; birds as a group.
    • 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 136:
      Boshy, elated, improvised a series of unbirdlike notes, startlingly loud, and new to all feathered folk.
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