Read full poem →No bigger than the airy feathers
That ducks preen out in changing weathers
Upon the shifting ripple-tips.
Dictionary Entry
A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth.
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Common Phrases
themselves preen. preengland preenhimself preenitself preenherself preenpreen vonpreen birds
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Poetry examples for “preen”
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