Pigeon

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• Pigeon

  ·noun An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull. II. Pigeon ·noun Any bird of the order Columbae, o...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• pigeon

  A weak silly fellow easily imposed on. To pigeon; to cheat. To milk the pigeon; to attempt impossibi...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• pigeon

  n. The Australian species are – – Bronze-wing Pigeon (q.v.) – – Phaps chalcoptera, Lath. ♣ Brush B...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Pigeon

  [TURTLE-DOVE] ...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Pigeon-breasted

  ·adj Having a breast like a pigeon, — the sternum being so prominent as to constitute a deformity; c...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Pigeon-hearted

  ·adj Timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted. ...

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• Pigeon-livered

  ·adj Pigeon-hearted. ...

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• Sea pigeon

  ·- The common guillemot. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• fruit-pigeon

  n. The name is given to numerous pigeons of the genera Ptilinopus and Carpophaga.In Australia it is...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• harlequin pigeon

  n. formerly referred tothe genus Peristera, but now to the genus Phaps.It is commonly called in the...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• partridge-pigeon

  n. an Australian pigeon. 1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 8: «The partridge-pigeon (...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• blue pigeon

  A nickname for the sounding lead. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• cape-pigeon

  , or cape-petrel A sea-bird which follows a ship in her passage round the cape; the Procellaria ca...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Three Pigeon Alley

  South out of London Wall. In Broad Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755) Site seems occupied by...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Three Pigeon Court

  South out of Jewin Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799). Site now occup...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• to milk the pigeon

  To endeavour at impossibilities. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• pigeon-berry tree

  n. i.q. Native Mulberry. See mulberry. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• top-knot pigeon

  n. an Australian bird, Lopholaimus antarcticus, Shaw. 1891. Francis Adams, `John Webb's End,' p. 3...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• torres straits pigeon

  n. See quotation. 1893. Saville Kent, `Great Barrier Reef,' p. 123: «Making a bag of the famous To...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Three Pigeon Alley, Barbican

  See Three Pigeon Court. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.