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stool pigeon
noun
a police informer US, 1906- Commonly known as stool pigeons in the underworld, these men whom nobody is supposed to like are a narcotic agent’s right arm in many instances. — William J. Spillard and Pence James, Needle in a Haystack, p. 141, 1945
- I heard that at one time he had been a stool pigeon, but at the time I knew him he was generally considered right. — William Burroughs, Junkie, p. 42, 1953
- “I haven’t turned stool pigeon.” Actually, although I pretended that it was the furthest thing from my thoughts, I was a little worried. There had been rumors of the FBI putting the pressure on him[.] — Clancy Sigal, Going Away, p. 265, 1961
- ’Cept that by that time all the heavy people knew it was coming off–yeah, stool pigeons fly in both directions. — Edwin Torres, Carlito’s Way, p. 26, 1975
- You’ll be the lowest sort of rat, the prince of snitches, the loudest cooing stool pigeon that ever grabbed his ankles for the man. — The Usual Suspects, 1995
- That is why most editions of Erskine May, the parliamentary rule book, contain a long list of unparliamentary phrases. They include murderer, swine, liar (of course), stool pigeon, guttersnipe, cad, Pecksniffian cant and–you’ve guessed it–dirty dog. — The Guardian, 5 October 2001
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