Collocations for "pigeon"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "pigeon" in context.
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pigeon
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- shoo the pigeons away
- a pigeon's [egg, nest]
- [homing, carrier] pigeons
- send a message on a pigeon
- a message tied to the pigeon's [foot, ankle]
- the pigeons were [roosting, sitting] on
- feeding the pigeons
- pigeons are rats with wings
- the [park, city] is full of pigeons
- shooting (at) clay pigeons
- slang: [fraudsters, con artists] targeting pigeons
- UK, slang: that's your pigeon, not mine
- pigeon racing
- a pigeon hole
- UK: [put, leave] it in the teacher's pigeon hole
- there is pigeon poop everywhere
- speaking pidgin English
- clay pigeon shooting
- [fooled, taken in] by a pigeon drop
- pigeon racing
- there is pigeon poop everywhere
- clay-pigeon shooting
- [fooled, taken in] by a pigeon drop
'pigeon' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):