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.