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
Caw said the pilot announced the pigeon sighting and had the bird removed before takeoff.
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Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 28 May 2025
The pigeons caused the flight to be delayed by 56 minutes, according to ABC News.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 28 May 2025
Minute after minute, little waves hit a granite cliff, or year after year, the wings of pigeons vary slightly.
—Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Lilian listened to the pigeons on the roof cooing, in the same manner that their cousins cooed in Belfast or Bruges or Barcelona.
—Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 15 June 2025
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Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 28 May 2025
The pigeons caused the flight to be delayed by 56 minutes, according to ABC News.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 28 May 2025
Minute after minute, little waves hit a granite cliff, or year after year, the wings of pigeons vary slightly.
—Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Lilian listened to the pigeons on the roof cooing, in the same manner that their cousins cooed in Belfast or Bruges or Barcelona.
—Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 15 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pigeon
Noun
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The reserve is heavily wooded with more than 25 tree species that are the domain of warblers, crows, wrens, hawks, woodpeckers, sap suckers, owls, bald eagles, vultures and great herons.—
John Tuohy,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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When my daughter and I are outside, these pesky blood suckers feast.—
Cheryl Fenton,
Parents,
24 June 2025
Noun
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And Singapore just passed an anti-scam law that allows law enforcement to freeze the bank accounts of scam victims.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
14 July 2025
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Lexington Police would provide only limited updates regarding the shooting and would not confirm the names of the two male victims who were shot at the church.—
Stephanie Kuzydym,
The Courier-Journal,
14 July 2025
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There, the gulls nested with each other or interbred with similar-sized herring gulls to create gull hybrids.—
Elizabeth Gamillo,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 July 2025
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Sifting bones and teeth from the sediment of Alaska’s Prince Creek Formation, the authors identified an assortment of Cretaceous fossils and fossil fragments, which resembled the remains of modern gulls, geese, ducks, and loons.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
29 May 2025
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News stories about Iran and Netanyahu playing him as a patsy didn’t help.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
23 June 2025
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Today’s Wordle Etymology The word patsy apparently comes from the Italian name Patsy, short for Pasquale, which was used in vaudeville productions and early 20th-century slang to refer to a gullible or easily deceived individual.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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“Pigeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pigeon. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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