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n. Any of various birds of the widely distributed family Columbidae, characteristically having plump bodies, small heads, and short legs, especially the rock dove or any of its domesticated varieties.

n. Slang One who is easily swindled; a dupe.

n. An object of special concern; an affair or matter.

n. One of several birds of the family Columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species.

n. A person who is a target or victim of a confidence game.

v. to deceive with a confidence game

n. Any bird of the order Columbæ, of which numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world.

n. An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull.

v. To pluck; to fleece; to swindle by tricks in gambling.

n. Any bird of the family Columbidæ (which see for technical characters); a dove. ; ;

n. A simpleton to be swindled; a gull: opposed to rook. See stool-pigeon.

n. A toy consisting of a light propeller-wheel, which, on being made to revolve rapidly by means of a string wound about a shaft on which it rests, rises in the air in a short flight.

To pluck; fleece; strip of money by the tricks of gambling.

n. wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs

"The pulses race with "Report of cat trapped at address in Tameside", only to deflate with the note that the stool-pigeon is a regular nuisance caller."

columbiform bird   

barbary pigeon    blue pigeon    partridge-pigeon    tooth-billed pigeon    painted pigeon    cape pigeon    cuckoo-pigeon    torres straits pigeon    pigeon's milk    to pluck a pigeon   

domestic pigeon    rock pigeon    pouter pigeon    wood pigeon    cushat    pouter    columba fasciata    dove    passenger pigeon    band-tailed pigeon   

gull    pluck    fleece    dove    duffer    culver    cushat    squab    piper    homer   

religion    smidgen   

duck    fowl    pheasant    turkey    rabbit    swan    hen    owl    goat    dove