(1) Lucy laughing, smoking, Lucy with Jamie's feather boa round her shoulders, Lucy who had kissed her.

(2) A black feather boa, perhaps bought for the Black Ascot, curved lavishly round to cancel any suggestion of nakedness.

(3) Better yet, Rodman in a feather boa, running anchor for the women.

(4) He went from wrestling in tights and a feather boa to stumping across the state in jeans and a leather jacket discussing policy with legislators in suits and ties.

(5) Diana Ross sauntered down the catwalk this season wearing little more than a feather boa and a smile.

(6) His toilet lid is wrapped in aqua chiffon with a purple feather boa border and the room is decorated with flower petals and a picture of Pierre's girlfriend, Gigi.

(7) Both were derived from Mistress, a word that, before it put on its feather boa and fishnet stockings, was the title for any woman with authority over a household.

(8) In the Newsweek piece, Ms. Prince advised women to "carry conversation openers, like a feather boa or a copy of Sports Illustrated."