feathered oof-bird

English

Etymology

UK late 19th century–1920s.

Noun

feathered oof-bird (plural feathered oof-birds)

1. (dated, idiomatic, British slang) Any large, plentiful source or supplier of money.
   • 2015 April 24, Francis Dimenno, “The Information #883”, in dimenno‎^[1]:

     And didn’t Conklin say ‘Hah! Hah! Hah! I want gold!’ or words to that effect? And didn’t you tell him that the pawn shop that he has there is the home of the feathered oof-bird?”

References

• John S[tephen] Farmer; W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, compilers (1902) “feathered oof-bird”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume V, [London: […] Harrison and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 107.