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Definition of Pigeonholed
1. pigeonhole [v] - See also: pigeonhole
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pigeonholed
Literary usage of Pigeonholed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Illustrated Catalogue and Classified Book List of the Northwestern Library by Northwestern library association (1899)
"The inside of writing cabinet is neatly partitioned and pigeonholed with drawer in
... The writing cabinet 18 neatly pigeonholed with drawer in center; ..."
2. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1895)
"Whenever a reform was suggested, the report has been pigeonholed ; and the men who
... At present an adverse report is still simply pigeonholed ; and if an ..."
3. The Budget and Responsible Government: A Description and Interpretation of by Frederick Albert Cleveland, Arthur Eugene Buck (1920)
"Favorable Reception Given by the Public Although the budget proposals of President
Taft were pigeonholed by an opposition majority in Congress, ..."
4. The Sanitarian by Medico-Legal Society of New York (1898)
"the case of the English Board, the medical officer was pigeonholed for reference.
And the bias of the Board was reflected in the case of the local ..."
5. Alaskan Seal Fisheries: Hearings ... Sixty-first Congress, on S. 9959 to (1911)
"It pigeonholed my letters; yet I had charity for Mr. Straus. ... Because that
guilty officialism again silently pigeonholed my letter, since it convicted ..."
6. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (1883)
"he acquired a vast hoard of all sorts of learning, and had it pigeonholed in his
head where he could put his intellectual hand on it whenever it was wanted. ..."
7. New England: A Photographic Portrait by Twin Lights Publishers, J Dennis Robinson (2003)
"... IH il GLAS R. AMENDE The architecture of Martha's Vineyard cannot be easily
pigeonholed. ..."
8. Annual Report by New Hampshire Railroad Commissioners (1897)
"... has served its purpose, having been sold by the incorporators for a considerable
sum to the men at whom it was aimed and by them safely pigeonholed. ..."
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