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Definition of Pigeonites
1. pigeonite [n] - See also: pigeonite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pigeonites
Literary usage of Pigeonites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biographical Memoirs by National Academy Of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences Staff, Caroline K. McEuen (1980)
"the orthopyroxenes primary and most pigeonites (or clinopyroxenes) as "formed
metastably during rapid crystallization" (p. 203). But, in a footnote, ..."
2. History of Middle Tennessee: Or, Life and Times of Gen. James Robertson by Albigence Waldo Putnam (1859)
"John Armstrong entries" " pigeonites," (entries on waters of Big Pigeon,) "
Hobgoblin and Legerdemain Gentry. ..."
3. Slang: A Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit, of Bon-ton by John Badcock (1823)
"Surrey, pigeonites. To «pigeon the news,' is to send information by the carrier-pigeon.
So fellows who ran or rode with news surreptitiously obtained, ..."
4. Slang, a Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit, of Bon-Ton by John Badcock (1823)
"Some, however, fancy the killing of pigeons, as the Ashton club in Oxfordshire,
and the Midgham, Surrey, pigeonites. To ' pigeon the news," is to send ..."
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