feature well

feature well
 n.β€” Β«If the “feature well” (as it’s known in the business) had merely consisted of Ms. Barnett’s usual pontificating, perhaps this week’s edition could have avoided both insult and injury.Β» β€”β€œThe Stranger: A Critical Overview” by A. Birch Steen The Stranger (Seattle, Wash.) Feb. 23, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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