Word: featherless
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...Your credit-card mess?" Featherless had been despondent the last time I saw him, because Visa, MasterCard and American Express had taken away his plastic money. "I've been declared a cardless person," he had said then, pouring ashes from his backyard grill on his head. "I'm a man without a card." He had the haunted look of a traveler condemned to shuttle reservationless between Marriott and Holiday Inn, with no Magic Fingers to strum his backbone...
...said Featherless. "I overreacted to that. I was going to take out a loan and pay all my charge-card bills, even though they were only three months overdue. Then I realized that the Government will handle...
...mean a sheriff's sale?" I knew how much Featherless prized his chattel, especially his condo at Yosemite Apts. and his Tempura sports car, with a five-speed balance of payments...
...macroeconomic," said Featherless, with understandable pride...
...Featherless didn't think that was funny. "Look, I'm trying to get the country straightened out," he said. "Did you read about the big drop in auto sales, and the layoffs at Ford, General Motors and Chrysler...