The phrase, to show the white feather —comes from cock-lighting. A white fe*ther, which shows * crou-breed in btak, is never found in a game cock.'
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 217, 14 September 1939, Page 10
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25Page 10 Advertisements Column 1 Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 217, 14 September 1939, Page 10
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