Usually means: Nonsense, absurdity; old-fashioned expletive expression.
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  1. horsefeathers: Merriam-Webster
  2. horsefeathers: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. horsefeathers: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. horsefeathers: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Horsefeathers: Wordnik
  6. horsefeathers: Wiktionary
  7. horsefeathers: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. horsefeathers: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. horsefeathers: Dictionary.com
  10. horsefeathers: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Horsefeathers: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. horsefeathers: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. Horsefeathers: World Wide Words
  14. horsefeathers: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. horsefeathers: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. horsefeathers: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (horsefeathers)

noun:  (euphemistic, US) Nonsense; indicates disbelief.
noun:  Long hair on lower legs of a draft horse (e.g., Clydesdale), especially the rear legs.
noun:  Feathering strips.

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