Pigeon-holes

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of pigeonholes (“outdoor game played in the 17th and early 18th centuries in which each player bowls a ball towards targets”). alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only

    "[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."

  2. 2
    plural of pigeon-hole form-of, plural
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of pigeon-hole form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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"[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."

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