pigeon• But the passengerpigeon, as we now know this bird, was a mixedblessing for the Pilgrims.• It must be Jack again, shooting pigeons.• There were two schools of thought about the Trafalgar Squarepigeons.• Commissioning the RoyalPhilharmonic is likely to set the cat among the pigeons.• What was I supposed to do, look at the pigeons?• Some men thought more about their whippets or their pigeons - they thought nowt of slinging the wife out on the street.• But for the last twenty-five years, economists have criticized Keynesian stimuli the way pigeons criticize statues.
Originpigeon
(1300-1400)Old Frenchpijon, from Late Latinpipio“young bird”