as in sucker
one who is easily deceived or cheated
a confidence man in search of another pigeon
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Recent Examples of pigeon
What are some common pigeon pose mistakes to keep an eye on?
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Danielle Zickl, SELF, 6 Mar. 2025
The officer shakes a bed sheet at the pigeon over the second-floor balcony banister.
—Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
Avoid feeding birds and buying birdseed or be fined up to €500
Once a beloved activity for tourists, feeding pigeons in Venice’s St. Mark’s Square has been banned since 2008.
—Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
As thick clouds of smoke rolled across Los Angeles in early January, Allison Shultz opened a freezer and took out a stash of pristine white pigeon feathers.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025
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Danielle Zickl, SELF, 6 Mar. 2025
The officer shakes a bed sheet at the pigeon over the second-floor balcony banister.
—Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
Avoid feeding birds and buying birdseed or be fined up to €500
Once a beloved activity for tourists, feeding pigeons in Venice’s St. Mark’s Square has been banned since 2008.
—Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
As thick clouds of smoke rolled across Los Angeles in early January, Allison Shultz opened a freezer and took out a stash of pristine white pigeon feathers.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pigeon
Noun
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These stems, called suckers, are a different variety than the top growth and will have different flowers, as well as drawing energy and resources away from the main plant.—
Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Apr. 2025
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Whatever the color, your boy Ethan Hunt is gonna hang on that sucker for dear life because he’s got things to do and a world to save yet again.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Once identified, the kit dynamically loads a counterfeit login page tailored to that provider, often with the victim’s email address already filled in.—
Alex Vakulov,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Preliminary investigation indicates there was an incident between people in the parking lot just before the victim was shot.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee,
Kansas City Star,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Glaucous gulls also were observed engaging in kleptoparasitism, a term for stealing food, although their attempts were unsuccessful.—
Uma Raja,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2025
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The plant docks, once lined with boats and circled by fish-scavenging gulls, were empty.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Fraudsters create phishing sites to con their patsies into giving away valuable login credentials.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
17 Mar. 2025
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The Minnesota Wild’s blip is officially a stumble as the slumping, skidding team once again was a patsy against the Winnipeg Jets.—
Michael Russo,
The Athletic,
22 Dec. 2024
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“Pigeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pigeon. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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