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Pigeonholes
//ˈpɪdʒ(ɪ)nhəʊlz// noun, verb
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An outdoor game played in the 17th and early 18th centuries in which each player bowls a ball towards targets (probably small compartments). historical, obsolete, 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 plural of pigeonhole form-of, plural
Verb
- 1 third-person singular simple present indicative of pigeonhole form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Etymology
Etymology 1
From pigeonhole + -s (suffix forming regular plurals of nouns and pluralia tantum; and third-person singular simple present indicative forms of verbs).
Etymology 2
From pigeonhole + -s (suffix forming regular plurals of nouns and pluralia tantum; and third-person singular simple present indicative forms of verbs).
Etymology 3
From pigeonhole + -s (suffix forming regular plurals of nouns and pluralia tantum; and third-person singular simple present indicative forms of verbs).
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