1871 20 Feb. 1/4 In France it is a somewhat common wager to bet against the performance of pigeon eating of this kind.
1901 8 Mar. 8/1 The chairman spoke of the ‘disgraceful pigeon-eating contest which has taken place near Leeds’.
2002 (Nexis) 30 May b1 What a dumb place Downtown is for a 10-inch gray bird to dawdle, with those pigeon-eating peregrine falcons living atop the Gulf Building.