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pigeon clocks

pigeon clocks is the plural of pigeon clock.

Meaning of pigeon clock

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

Questions about pigeon clocks

What is pigeon clocks the plural of?
Pigeon clocks is the plural of pigeon clock.

Words near pigeon clocks in the dictionary

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

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