| 单词 | pigeon dropping |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspigeon dropping pigeon dropping n. colloquial (originally U.S. Criminals' slang) the action of carrying out a pigeon drop or other confidence trick. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > business claiming attention > an occupation or affair charec897 matter?c1225 journeya1352 affairc1390 notea1400 incident1485 concernment1495 actiona1500 business1524 concern1680 job1680 ploya1689 show1797 game1812 caper1839 pigeon dropping1850 shebang1869 hoodoo1876 racket1880 palaver1899 scene1964 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] > confidence trick > types of drop-game1785 ring-dropping1788 drop1819 pigeon dropping1850 sawdust game1872 pay-off1915 short con1932 hot seat1933 pigeon drop1937 1847 J. H. Greene Exposure Arts & Miseries Gambling (ed. 4) 217 This trick is called dropping the pigeon... This pigeon is a curiously-contrived needle-case which opens at both ends, but has but one visible opening.] 1850 Green's St. Louis Directory for 1851 p. xviii Such practice is immensely more disrespectable than procuring money under false pretenses—no more honorable than veritable pigeon-dropping. 1955 K. Sullivan Girls who go Wrong (1956) xii. 128 Elmira became the more proficient of the pair at the badger game—flim flam and pigeon dropping. 2002 Saturday (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) (Nexis) 16 Mar. 11 b There are other e-mails that question my intelligence... They are the electronic equivalent of pigeon dropping. < as lemmas |
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