featherbed

featherbed
I. adjective Date: 1938 calling for, sanctioning, or resulting from featherbedding <
a featherbed rule
>
<
a featherbed job
>
II. verb Date: 1949 intransitive verb 1. a. to require that more workers be hired than are needed b. to limit production under a featherbed rule 2. to do featherbed work or put in time under a featherbed rule transitive verb 1. to bring under a featherbed rule 2. to assist (as an industry) by government aid

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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