in high feather

Prepositional phrase

 * 1) In high spirits; cheerful.
 * 2) * 1883, Twain, Life on the Mississippi, ch. 18
 * I ascended to the pilot-house in high feather, and very proud to be semi-officially a member of the executive family of so fast and famous a boat.
 * I ascended to the pilot-house in high feather, and very proud to be semi-officially a member of the executive family of so fast and famous a boat.