| 释义 |
pigeoneer U.S.|pɪdʒəˈnɪə(r)|
[f. pigeon n. + -eer.]
a. A person who trains or breeds homing pigeons, formerly esp. in the U.S. Army Signal Corps.
b. (See quot. 19441.)
1918Boston Evening Rec. 11 Jan. 9/2 A pigeoneer is an expert handler of homing pigeons. 1918Personnel Specifications (U.S. Signal Corps) 21 Chief Pigeoneer:..homing pigeon expert..in charge of the training and instruction of the men as pigeoneers. 1940Amer. Pigeon Jrnl. Dec. 420/1 We have hundreds of young men of military age who have had the advantage of the experience and training of the pigeoneers of 1917–1918. 1944Sunday Jrnl. & Star (Lincoln, Nebraska) 30 Apr. 8 Frank Robbins receives calls daily from people who wish pigeons to be exterminated around their homes... Assistant ‘pigeoneer’ at different times is Detective Captain Eugene Masters who is also an expert shot. 1944M. B. Cothren Pigeon Heroes i. 7 [The pigeon] dropped abruptly down on the landing board of its loft and walked through the trap door... In a jiffy a pigeoneer pulled out the message. |