featherbed

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) A mattress stuffed with feathers.
 * 2)  A bog covered by a layer of moss, presenting a hazard to walkers.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: пухен дюшек
 * Finnish: höyhenpatja
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Irish: leaba chlúimh, leaba chluimhrí
 * Karelian: perinä
 * Russian: ,

Verb

 * 1)  To treat someone with excessive indulgence; to pamper, cosset or mollycoddle.
 * 2)  To engage in featherbedding; to employ more workers than necessary to fulfill a labor union requirement.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * German:
 * Spanish: ser indulgente,, , tener entre algodones