Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
pigeon .
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Examples
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Charley saw an emu; but an iguana and a partridge-pigeon were the only addition to our night's mess.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Ludwig Leichhardt 1830
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