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pigeon-holes

pigeon-holes is the alternative form of pigeonholes.

pigeon-holes is the plural of pigeon-hole.

pigeon-holes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pigeon-hole.

Meaning of pigeonholes

Noun

pigeonholes pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, obsolete, plural, plural-only) An outdoor game played in the 17th and early 18th centuries in which each player bowls a ball towards targets (probably small compartments).
    • [Godfrey] Speed[well]. […] [H]ave you ſuch gold to give? / [Innocent] Lamb[skin]. Yes, yes, has vvon it betting at the bovvling Alleys, / Or at the Pigeon-holes in the Garden Alleyes.c. 1610–1614 (date written), William Rowley; [possibly also Thomas Heywood, George Wilkins], A New Wonder, a Woman never Vext. A Pleasant Conceited Comedy: […], London: […] G[eorge] P[urslowe] for...

Questions about pigeon-holes

What is pigeon-holes the alternative form of?
Pigeon-holes is the alternative form of pigeonholes.

Words near pigeon-holes in the dictionary

  1. pigeon-breasted
  2. pigeon-chested
  3. pigeon-hearted
  4. pigeon-hole
  5. pigeon-holed
  6. pigeon-holes
  7. pigeon-holing
  8. pigeon-livered
  9. pigeon-pie
  10. pigeon-pies
  11. pigeon-toed

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