pigeon

Definitions

1. One of several birds of the family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes.
   countable
2. Concern or responsibility.
   UK, archaic, countable, idiomatic, informal, uncountable
3. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
4. The meat from this bird.
   uncountable
5. An object of special concern; an affair or matter.
6. A number of places in the United States:
   countable, uncountable
7. An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Spencer County, Indiana.
   countable, uncountable
8. A person who is a target or victim of a confidence game.
   Canada, US, countable, informal
9. Slang. A person who is easily deceived or victimized:butt, dupe, fool, gull, lamb, pushover, victim.
10. Two townships in Indiana, in Vanderburgh County and Warrick County.
    countable, uncountable
11. A pacifist, appeaser, an isolationist, a dove.
    countable
12. any of several kinds of bird of the dove family. duif حَمامَه гълъб pombo holub die Taube due περιστέριpaloma tuvi کبوتر kyyhky pigeonיונה कबूतर golub galamb merpati dúfa piccione 鳩 비둘기 karvelis balodis burung merpati duifduegołąb كوتره، ساده، بيړا pombo porumbel голубь holub golob golub duva นกพิราบ güvercin 鴿子 голуб کبوتر chim bồ câu 鸽子
13. A village in Winsor Township, Huron County, Michigan.
    countable, uncountable
14. A person hired to transport film footage out of a region where transport options are limited.
    countable
15. a small compartment for letters, papers etc in a desk etc or eg hung on the wall of an office, staffroom etc. He has separate pigeon-holes for bills, for receipts, for letters from friends and so on. duiwehok بُرْج الحَمام преграда за писма escaninho přihrádka das Ablegefach hylde; skuffe θυρίδαcasilla, casillero laegas نامه دان lokero casierתא खाना, कोष्ठ, खाने में रखना, ताक पर रखना spremiti, pohraniti rekesz, fach kotak tempat surat, dll (bréfa)hólf casella 整理棚 칸막이(선반) skyrelis neliels noda...
    etc
16. An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia, named after Pigeon Run.
    countable, uncountable
17. A weak or useless person.
    Australia, countable, slang
18. (of a person or his manner of walking) with toes turned inwards. a pigeon-toed person/walk. met ingekrulde tone أقْفَد، ذو سُنْبُكَيْن مُلْتَوِيَيْن الى الداخِل патрав de pés para dentro s prsty dovnitř x-beinig med indadvendte tæer με τα δάχτυλα των ποδιών στραμμένα προς τα μέσα con los pies torcidos hacia dentro sissepoole pööratud varvastega دارای انگشتان پا که به داخل خمیده اند varpaat sisäänpäin les pieds tournés en dedans בַּעַל “רַגלֵ יוֹנָה” कपोतपाद uvrnutih stopala gacsos lábú kaki p...
19. A town in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.
    countable, uncountable
20. Any of various birds of the widely distributed family Columbidae, characteristically having plump bodies, small heads, and short legs, especially the rock pigeon or any of its domesticated varieties.
21. Slang One who is easily swindled; a dupe.
    Slang
22. (Animals) any of numerous birds of the family Columbidae, having a heavy body, small head, short legs, and long pointed wings: order Columbiformes. See rock dove
    Columbidae,
23. slang a victim or dupe
    slang
24. informal Brit concern or responsibility (often in the phrase it's his, her, etc, pigeon)
    informal

Equivalents

Examples

“Kalb rushed to the airport and found a "pigeon" to take⟳ out the film: an American woman headed for London.”

“At this point⟳, all the commercial airports in Pakistan were closed. The only way to get⟳ film out was over land⟳. John promptly hired me to be what was then known in the business as a "Pigeon," and installed me in a comfortable room in his hotel. […] I would then hand-carry his film out of the country, via Peshawar, the Khyber Pass⟳, through the Kabul Gorge, and up to Kabul, Afghanistan, where I would meet⟳ a BBC courier and transfer⟳ the film bag.”

“It's their pigeon.”

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