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Definition of Carrier pigeon
1. Noun. A homing pigeon used to carry messages.
Definition of Carrier pigeon
1. Noun. A domestic pigeon which transports attached messages or very small parcels from the place where it is released to a familiar destination. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carrier Pigeon
Literary usage of Carrier pigeon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great: Called by Thomas Carlyle (1873)
"Double-Marriage, on the Edge of Shipwreck, flies off a Kind of Carrier-Pigeon,
... CarrierPigeon ..."
2. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"... a Kind of Carrier-Pigeon, or Noah's Dove, to England, with Cry for Help Faithful
Mamsell Billow consoles the Princess: ' Wait, I have news that will put ..."
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