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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
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Pigeon
Pigeons are mentioned as among the offerings which, by divine appointment, Abram presented unto the ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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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
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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
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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
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Pigeon-hearted
·adj Timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Pigeon-livered
·adj Pigeon-hearted.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sea pigeon
·- The common guillemot.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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
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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
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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
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blue pigeon
A nickname for the sounding lead.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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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
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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.
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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.
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to milk the pigeon
To endeavour at impossibilities.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pigeon-berry tree
n.
i.q. Native Mulberry. See mulberry.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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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
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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
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Three Pigeon Alley, Barbican
See Three Pigeon Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.