Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Formed with pigeonholes for the escape of gases of combustion, as the arch of a furnace, or for the discharge of liquids, as the bottom of a keir.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
pigeonhole .
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Examples
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I think he always felt kind of pigeonholed in the banker category.
Beautiful Banker Yields Interest: Life After Goldman Is a Catwalk! 2009
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I think he always felt kind of pigeonholed in the banker category.
Beautiful Banker Yields Interest: Life After Goldman Is a Catwalk! 2009
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Maybe they don't like being "pigeonholed" and react badly to any suggestion that there's a model into which they can placed; maybe they're just so practical that they can't abide any theory at all; maybe they just enjoy sticking a knife into the creative work of others.
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March 2, 2003, edition, a National Public Radio commentator on language named Geoffrey Nunberg was lamenting in an op-ed piece that liberals had been "pigeonholed" by conservatives.
Who's Looking Out for You O'Reilly, Bill 2003
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KURTZ: Weren't you kind of pigeonholed on "CROSSFIRE" as being from the right, so that almost no matter what the issue is, you're expected to disagree with Paul Begala or James Carville?
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I am hoping that the results will be pleasing to the reader, if less "pigeonholed" to one place; engaging and sometimes provocative if less "booster"; revealing if less public.
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TS: Playing off that whole "pigeonholed" thing up there, I really like all the bird tattoos I've seen in your portfolio.
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British singer ALISON GOLDFRAPP hates to be labelled a lesbian - because she doesn't want to be "pigeonholed".
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Bureau News 2010
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TS: Playing off that whole "pigeonholed" thing up there, I really like all the bird tattoos I've seen in your portfolio.
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Gemma Arterton doesn't want to be a "pigeonholed" actress.
azcentral.com | news 2010
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