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pigeon clock

pigeon clock noun: a timing device used to officially record the exact time a pigeon returns to its loft in a race.

Noun

pigeon clock (plural pigeon clocks)

  1. A timing device used to officially record the exact time a pigeon returns to its loft in a race.
    • When Corker trapped in Monte put her ring in the hatch of the pigeon clock[.]1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 120

Forms of pigeon clock

pluralpigeon clocks

Questions about pigeon clock

What does pigeon clock mean?
Pigeon clock means a timing device used to officially record the exact time a pigeon returns to its loft in a race.
What part of speech is pigeon clock?
Pigeon clock is a noun.
What is the plural of pigeon clock?
The plural of pigeon clock is pigeon clocks.

Words near pigeon clock in the dictionary

  1. pigeon
  2. pigeon bean
  3. pigeon beans
  4. pigeon chest
  5. pigeon chests
  6. pigeon clock
  7. pigeon clocks
  8. pigeon coop
  9. pigeon coops
  10. pigeon drop
  11. pigeon dropper

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