pigeon

Definitions


[ˈpɪdʒ(ɪ)n], (Noun)

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- a stout seed- or fruit-eating bird with a small head, short legs, and a cooing voice, typically having grey and white plumage

- a gullible person, especially someone swindled in gambling or the victim of a confidence trick

- an aircraft from one's own side


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French pijon, denoting a young bird, especially a young dove, from an alteration of late Latin pipio(n-), ‘young cheeping bird’ of imitative origin


[ˈpɪdʒ(ɪ)n], (Noun)

Definitions:

- a person's particular responsibility or business
(e.g: Hermia will have to tell them first, it's her pigeon)


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