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Definition of Pidgeon
1. a type of business affair [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pidgeon
Literary usage of Pidgeon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Goody Two-Shoes: A Facsimile Reproduction of the Edition of 1766 by Oliver Goldsmith, Charles Welsh, Giles Jones, John Newbery (1881)
"... and the pidgeon rode on the Man's Head, (as you fee here) for the Man was able
to carry the pidgeon, though the pidgeon was not able to carry the Man, ..."
2. Galateo: Or, A Treatise on Politeness and Delicacy of Manners by Giovanni Della Casa (1811)
"A pidgeon. This is a representation of the back am breast of a pidgeon. No 1.
the back; No. 2 the breast. It is sometimes cut up as i chicken, ..."
3. Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania: From the Organization to by Pennsylvania Provincial Council (1840)
"... and requiring the said Joseph pidgeon, and his Deputies, to make diligent
enquiry and search after any Person or Persons, ..."
4. Catalogue of the Library Belonging to Mr. Thomas W. Field by Thomas Warren Field (1875)
"1814 PiDGEON (W.). Traditions of De-coo-dah, and Antiquarian Researches ...
By William pidgeon. Embellished with Seventy Engravings descriptive of one ..."
5. History of the Presbyterian Church in the Dominion of Canada by William Gregg (1885)
"MITCHELL, pidgeon, PATRICK, CROWE, BLACKWOOD AND CASSELS. HE Presbytery of Pictou,
which was formed in 1795, received several additions to the number of it- ..."
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