feature well

feature well
 n.— «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.» —“The Stranger: A Critical Overview” by A. Birch Steen The Stranger (Seattle, Wash.) Feb. 23, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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