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Synonyms of stool pigeon
- the FBI finally got a break when one of the mob boss's top henchmen turned stool pigeon
Synonyms for stool pigeon
- betrayer,
- canary
- [slang],
- deep throat,
- fink,
- informant,
- informer,
- nark
- [British],
- rat,
- rat fink,
- snitch,
- snitcher,
- squealer,
- stoolie,
- talebearer,
- tattler,
- tattletale,
- telltale,
- whistle-blower
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The first known use of stool pigeon was in 1826
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