Definition of Pigeoning

1. Verb. (present participle of pigeon) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pigeoning

1. pigeon [v] - See also: pigeon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pigeoning

pigeoneers
pigeonfoot
pigeongram
pigeongrams
pigeonhawk
pigeonhawks
pigeonhole
pigeonhole principle
pigeonholeable
pigeonholed
pigeonholer
pigeonholers
pigeonholes
pigeonholing
pigeonholings
pigeoning (current term)
pigeonite
pigeonites
pigeonless
pigeonlike
pigeonries
pigeonry
pigeons
pigeontoed
pigeonwing
pigeonwings
pigface
pigfaces
pigfeed
pigfeeds

Literary usage of Pigeoning

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1899)
"My good child, did I Ray a single word about fleecing or cheating, or pigeoning, or did I fly into a passion when you insulted me ? ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1893)
"But cards are only one branch of the noble art of pigeoning, and Jim felt that in other departments he had still a chance. The youth was rolling in dollars, ..."

3. The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the by Elizabeth Inchbald (1808)
"pigeoning the green horns ! Gold. To be sure It's a deep scheme—It's Silky. All so safe too, to snug—I am to pleased, and 30 happy! ..."

4. The Poetry of American Wit and Humor by Frederic Lawrence Knowles (1899)
"... a-pigeoning among the gleam of May, All out of doors kept out of doors as suchlike only can, A-singing of an endless hymn about that good old man. ..."

5. Chronicles of Bow Street Police-office: With an Account of the Magistrates by Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald (1888)
"Robottom was examined, and he said that he had prevented Ferrar and Quin from 'pigeoning' the ' squire,' and ..."

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