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
But after World War II, advances in communication technology made pigeons increasingly obsolete.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Mar. 2026
Mike Tyson plays a space-cadet version of himself, but the show transcends the one-note premise with its smart deployment of sharp joke writing, stellar voice actors (including Norm Macdonald, who crushes as a pigeon with a drinking problem), and a heavy dose of metafiction.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
Scientists at Colossal have cultivated primordial germ cells — early precursors to sperm and egg cells — from the pigeon, the dodo’s closest living relative.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
Maria Mudd Ruth, The Bird with Flaming Red Feet: Seasons with an Uncommonly Common Seabird
The pigeon guillemot is in many ways everything the rhinoceros auklet is not—loud, visually dramatic, gregarious, conspicuous, with a willingness to come to land during the day.
—Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Mar. 2026
Mike Tyson plays a space-cadet version of himself, but the show transcends the one-note premise with its smart deployment of sharp joke writing, stellar voice actors (including Norm Macdonald, who crushes as a pigeon with a drinking problem), and a heavy dose of metafiction.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
Scientists at Colossal have cultivated primordial germ cells — early precursors to sperm and egg cells — from the pigeon, the dodo’s closest living relative.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
Maria Mudd Ruth, The Bird with Flaming Red Feet: Seasons with an Uncommonly Common Seabird
The pigeon guillemot is in many ways everything the rhinoceros auklet is not—loud, visually dramatic, gregarious, conspicuous, with a willingness to come to land during the day.
—Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pigeon
Noun
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Snip upright suckers and water sprouts that zap the tree’s energy.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
17 Apr. 2026
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But to think that suckers get an even break when insiders have information that assures them of winning is folly.—
William Mersey,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Nataliia had gone to the bus station, where soldiers were spraying foam to contain the nuclear fallout, and to the hospital, where men in white coats were unloading victims on stretchers from the backs of ambulances.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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At the time, Esperanza-Pacheco was working as a pastor at God’s Lighthouse of Truth in Richmond, where the victim and her family were members and had developed a friendship with him.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Overhead, vultures, crows and gulls swarmed, feeding on carcasses and insects and other waste.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2026
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From Ventura to Santa Barbara, gulls, pelicans, murres, and grebes staggered along beaches, unable to fly.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Then Kay served notice that the White Sox, after losing the record 121 games in 2024, are through playing patsies.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
19 Apr. 2026
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Irene killed Leroy, got a patsy willing to lie at McNair's trial, replaced Leroy's photo at the Indian Center in L.A., then killed the only FBI contact that knew what the real Leroy looked like.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Pigeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pigeon. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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