Pigeon
['pɪdʒɪn;'pɪdʒ(ə)n] or ['pɪdʒɪn]
Definition
(noun.) wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs.
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Definition
(n.) Any bird of the order Columbae, of which numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world.
(n.) An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull.
(v. t.) To pluck; to fleece; to swindle by tricks in gambling.
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Definition
n. a well-known bird the dove: any bird of the dove family.—adjs. Pig′eon-breast′ed having a physical deformity due to rickets in which the chest is flattened from side to side and the sternum or breast-bone is thrown forward; Pig′eon-heart′ed timid: fearful.—n. Pig′eon-hole a hole or niche in which pigeons lodge in a dovecot: a division of a case for papers &c.—v.t. to put into a pigeon-hole: to lay aside and treat with neglect.—n. Pig′eon-house a dovecot.—adj. Pig′eon-liv′ered timid: cowardly.—n. Pig′eonry a place for keeping pigeons.—adj. Pig′eon-toed having feet like pigeons peristeropod: having turned-in toes.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing pigeons and hearing them cooing above their cotes, denotes domestic peace and pleasure-giving children. For a young woman, this dream indicates an early and comfortable union. To see them being used in a shooting match, and, if you participate, it denotes that cruelty in your nature will show in your dealings, and you are warned of low and debasing pleasures. To see them flying, denotes freedom from misunderstanding, and perhaps news from the absent.
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Examples
- Hence the supposed extermination of so many species having similar habits with the rock-pigeon seems a very rash assumption. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- I say, Sam, observed Humphrey when the old man was gone, she and Clym Yeobright would make a very pretty pigeon-pair--hey? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Mr. Pickwick, who had been deeply investigating the interior of the pigeon-pie, readily assented. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Four pigeon-breasted retainers in plain clothes stand in line in the hall. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Ah, pigeon-holes will not do. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He saw that pigeon-fanciers and stock-breeders deve lop certain types by preserving those variations that have the desired characteristics. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I observed that he did the same thing while I was getting out the remains of the pigeon-pie, and so forth. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Once more on the road to Thornfield, I felt like the messenger-pigeon flying home. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Now the tongue--now the pigeon pie. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mr. Bucket's eye, after taking a pigeon-flight round the room, alights upon a table where letters are usually put as they arrive. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- An ideal education would then supply the means of meeting these separate and pigeon-holed interests. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Another article which Father Porter sent me was an uncooked Jamaica pigeon; it was roasted at Beaumont College. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- By the by; you were quite a pigeon-fancier. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- There is also a Jamaica pigeon, also just cooked here, and a _vol au vent_, which I have had made from oysters which were sent open in the preserving stuff from Jamaica. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- In pigeon-holes partly, said Mr. Casaubon, with rather a startled air of effort. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Many treatises in different languages have been published on pigeons, and some of them are very important, as being of considerable antiquity. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- You have no tumblers among your pigeons. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I have reserved one of the pigeons raw, that you may see in what state it arrived. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Fanciers select their dogs, horses, pigeons, etc. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The supposed aboriginal stocks must all have been rock-pigeons, that is, they did not breed or willingly perch on trees. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- These pigeons are also kept in several European countries for military purposes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Fourthly, pigeons have been watched and tended with the utmost care, and loved by many people. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Here was a small rough hole in the mud wall, originally made for pigeons, through which the interior of the next shed could be viewed. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- My sisters say she has diamonds as big as pigeons' eggs, George said, laughing. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- How do Carrier Pigeons Carry Messages? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Seventy-two miles in two and one-half hours, a hundred and eighty in four and one-half, have been accomplished by carrier pigeons. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Take a pair of tumbler-pigeons for them--little beauties. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The pigeons and the steak have been preserved raw in stoppered bottles since the 21st of last November and the eggs since the 4th of July, 1881. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- There is no one who has not seen a magician put one or more pigeons into the drawer of one of these boxes, and after closing it open it to find that the birds have disappeared. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Some facts in regard to the colouring of pigeons well deserve consideration. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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