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
The pigeons were out there, a dozen or so, cooing and flapping around in the soft yellow light, loving one another.
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Ottessa Moshfegh, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
Any other pigeon would just fly away, a fact not lost on some of Spindler's neighbors.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 23 June 2025
Having thrived on the continent for 15 million years, pigeons couldn’t survive a mere three centuries of the free market.
—Dan Flores, Time, 29 May 2025
So, while pigeons might have been an unusual discovery, the situation certainly could have been worse.
—Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
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Ottessa Moshfegh, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
Any other pigeon would just fly away, a fact not lost on some of Spindler's neighbors.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 23 June 2025
Having thrived on the continent for 15 million years, pigeons couldn’t survive a mere three centuries of the free market.
—Dan Flores, Time, 29 May 2025
So, while pigeons might have been an unusual discovery, the situation certainly could have been worse.
—Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 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 23 Jul. 2025.
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