carrier pigeon
noun
1
: a pigeon used to carry messages
especially
: homing pigeon
2
: any of a breed of large long-bodied show pigeons
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It was held on National Pigeon Appreciation Day, a holiday associated with President Woodrow Wilson, who first celebrated the day to honor carrier pigeons' contributions to World War I, per The New York Times.
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Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 18 June 2025
Along the way, various other species also breathed their last: woolly mammoths, Irish elk, dodos, carrier pigeons, Steller’s sea cows, great auks, thylacines (Tasmanian tigers).
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
That’s sweet and admirable, but does anyone doubt by this point that Sinatra isn’t reading every single text/email/carrier pigeon note sent in Paradise?
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 11 Feb. 2025
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Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 18 June 2025
Along the way, various other species also breathed their last: woolly mammoths, Irish elk, dodos, carrier pigeons, Steller’s sea cows, great auks, thylacines (Tasmanian tigers).
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
That’s sweet and admirable, but does anyone doubt by this point that Sinatra isn’t reading every single text/email/carrier pigeon note sent in Paradise?
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 11 Feb. 2025
Plus: Jensen Davis on toxic tampons; Alan Cowell on carrier pigeons; and more
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An entertaining, but also serious weekend edition, delivered every Saturday morning at six o’clock.
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See All Example Sentences for carrier pigeon
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“Carrier pigeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carrier%20pigeon. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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