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Definition of Pidgeons
1. pidgeon [n] - See also: pidgeon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pidgeons
Literary usage of Pidgeons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ancient Ordinances and Statute Laws of the Isle of Man: Carefully Copied by Isle of Man, Mark Anthony Mills (1821)
"... any former Law, Custome, or Practice to the contrary notwithstanding; and that
none shall carry about their Guns to shoot pidgeons, Patridges, ..."
2. Shropshire Folk-lore: A Sheaf of Gleanings by Georgina Frederica Jackson, Charlotte Sophia Burne (1883)
"They were pretty large pidgeons ; the feathers on their tayles were white, and
the long feathers of theire wings, their breasts, ..."
3. The Experienced English House-keeper: For the Use and Ease of Ladies, House by Elizabeth Raffald (1769)
"Boiled pidgeons and Bacon. TAKE fix young pidgeons, ... and lay the pidgeons
round it, ... CUT your pidgeons as you would do Chickens for ..."
4. A Few Sheaves of Devon Bibliography by John Ingle Dredge (1889)
"pidgeons, and Henry Mortlock, at the Phoenix in St Pauls Church-Yard, 1676. 4to.
Title and list of the 7 Essays, 2 leaves ; Dedication to Henry Marquisa of ..."
5. Publications by Dorset Record Society, Ohio Civil War Centennial Commission, Ohio Historical Society (1907)
"0 0 10 Recived from Fen- try 28 pidgeons Given to the servant that came For eggs
0 2 1 ... 5 pidgeons rost. . .6 Spinage and eggs . Wednsday 27. For eggs . ..."
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