Green’s Dictionary of Slang
pigeon, n.1 1. as a woman. (7 subsenses) 2. in Und. uses. (3 subsenses) 3. an informer . 4. attrib. use of sense 3. 5. a person, esp. as a target for murder. 6. a person who brings in contraband when the norrmal carrier is unable to do so. 7. see
blue pigeon n. (2) 8. see
yardbird n.2
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pigeon, n.2 1. one’s concern, a problem. 2. one’s choice or preference.
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pigeon, v.1 to trick, to hoax, to deceive, thus pigeoner, a swindler.
pigeon, v.2 to act as an informer.
yardbird, n.2 fried chicken.
pigeon artist
(n.)
a confidence trickster. under pigeon, n.1
pigeon-cracking
(n.)
stealing lead from the roofs of buildings. under pigeon, n.1
pigeon drop
(n.)
see separate entry. under pigeon, n.1
pigeon-hawk
(n.)
a confidence trickster. under pigeon, n.1
pigeon-house
(n.)
a brothel. under pigeon, n.1
pigeon pair
(n.)
1. a family whose children are a boy (born first) and a girl. 2. any male and female pair. under pigeon, n.1
pigeon’s milk
(n.)
1. the subject of a fool’s errand which apprentices are sent on, trad. on 1 April. 2. unspecified but high quality alcohol. under pigeon, n.1
pigeon-’tomach
(n.)
a woman with larger than average breasts. under pigeon, n.1
pigeon-brained
(adj.)
stupid. under pigeon, n.1
pigeon-livered
(adj.)
cowardly. under pigeon, n.1
pigeon on
(v.)
to drop something on (someone) from above. under pigeon, n.1
pigeon and doves, n. gloves.
pigeon drop, n. a confidence trick that involves dropping a wallet where a victim can find it or a scheme in which the con-man tells the victim that they have found a large sum of money and, if the victim will advance some money as a show of good faith, they can have a share in the ‘windfall’.
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pigeon dropper
(n.)
a confidence trickster. under pigeon drop, n.
pigeon dropping
(n.)
playing any form of confidence trick. under pigeon drop, n.
pigeonhole, n. 1. the stocks. 2. an inferior gambling club . 3. the vagina.
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