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pigeon
noun- a gullible victim of a swindle UK, 1593
- This must be Everett, pigeon of the month, the poor son of a bitch. — Jay McInerney, Story of My Life, p. 142
- Now my old man is a pigeon when it comes to promoting dough for a pair of skis[.] — Frederick Kohner, Gidget, p. 23, 1957
- I suppose I shouldn’t tell you because it’s not my pigeon and he may have changed since then. — Anonymous Streetwalker, p. 142, 1959
- Take a seat, Hawk. We can use a fresh pigeon. — M*A*S*H, 1970
- I didn’t lose no fortune, but I lost all the money I could get my hands on, it began in the Marine Corps, I met a lot of pigeons in Vietnam. — Joan Didion, The White Album, p. 105, 1970
- A “steerman” hunts for “pigeons,” unsuspecting amateurs who could be steered into fixed games with professional card players. — Kim Rich, Johnny’s Girl, p. 61, 1993
- a young woman, especially an attractive one UK, 1586
- There was a pin-up pigeon. She was a twenty-twenty quail. — Haenigsen, Jive’s Like That, 1947
- When you see a friend with a squab in a cabaret, don’t suggest that you and your pigeon move to his table. — Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, New York Confidential, p. 223, 1948
- a new participant in a twelve-step recovery programme such as Alcoholics Anonymous US
- — Christopher Cavanaugh, AA to Z, p. 142, 1998
- an informer US, 1849
A shortened form of STOOL PIGEON- A little pigeon I knew shook his head just enough so I knew they weren’t there[.] — Mickey Spillane, Kiss Me Deadly, p. 96, 1952
- Now they began contacting their pigeons, but only those on the petty-larceny circuit. — Chester Himes, Cotton Comes to Harlem, p. 33, 1965
- His terrible eyes accused Eddie. “You are a pigeon,” Marco taunted. “You broke the code.” — Sidney Bernard, This Way to the Apocalypse, p. 164, 1965
- Collucci said, “Is how you planted the pigeon classified?” — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Death Wish, p. 67, 1977
- [W]e knew we had our pigeon. — Duncan MacLaughlin, The Filth, p. 112, 2002
- in horse racing, a losing ticket that someone tries to cash in for winnings US
- — Dan Parker, The ABC of Horse Racing, p. 147, 1947
- in shuffleboard, a disc straddling the 7/10 off line US
- — Omero C. Catan, Secrets of Shuffleboard Strategy, p. 69, 1967: “Glossary of terms”
- a urinary bottle used in hospital IRELAND
- Nurse, a pigeon, please. — Terence Dolan, A Dictionary of Hiberno-English, p. 198, 1999
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