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Definition of Pigeons
1. pigeon [n] - See also: pigeon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pigeons
Literary usage of Pigeons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"Pigeon (To). To cheat, to gull one of his money by almost «elf-evident hoaxes.
pigeons are тегу easily gulled, caught by snares, or scared by malkins. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"The pigeons used iy were obtained from the breeding [ the Bowman Gray School of Med-
... WC pigeons were derived >lony of pigeons that were mated randomly; ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Like their domesticated descendants, wild rock-pigeons are gregarious and live in
... These pigeons are little, if at all, migratory, and during the winter ..."
4. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1896)
"But by far the most interesting and conclusive experiment ever attempted in
Europe, with a view of demonstrating the value of homing pigeons for sea service ..."
5. The Songs and Music of Friedrich Froebel's Mother Play (Mutter und Kose Lieder) by Friedrich Fröbel, Susan Elizabeth Blow (1895)
"CAL1 . the pigeons, baby dear— Beckon them to yon ; Hear them answer lovingly,
... Bend the rosy fingers, wave them to and fro : pigeons, pretty pigeons, ..."
6. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1848)
"In no tribe of the feathered race," says the author of the " Natural History of
pigeons," " do we meet with a plumage better adapted to gratify and delight ..."
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