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Definition of Pigeoning
1. pigeon [v] - See also: pigeon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pigeoning
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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