This etymological site suggests the term 'Pidgeon''s etymology is unclear but Wikipedia states "Pidgeon is a surname from an archaic spelling of pigeon". The term Ring-Dove , or a Wood …

2012年1月11日 · Stool pigeon has three meanings: A decoy bird, or a police informer, or criminal's look-out or decoy. The first meaning was a decoy bird (1812). This then became a …

2023年10月3日 · Culver is an earlier native word for a pigeon, a dove; from Old English culfre, culufre. OED mentions that culver was once common and the latest citation given is from …

2015年6月7日 · And the first usage cited is in 1918. So this word was coined by the U.S. Army circa World War I, and any older uses would be anachronistic. But appropriating it for a fantasy …

2014年12月20日 · Bird: (Brit.) a girl or young woman, esp one's girlfriend (Collins Dict. ) According to Etymonline, bird: "maiden, young girl," c.1300, confused with burd (q.v.), but felt by later …

2012年4月19日 · The earliest use in print I found of the exact phrase "flip the bird" or "flipped the bird" or "flipping the bird" is from a 1967 Broadside (Volume 6, Issues 17-26). (The Grateful …

2016年7月5日 · As both "early bird" and "night owl" connote the fact that this is the person's habitual sleep pattern, not just a personal preference or an occasional capacity to function …

2016年5月7日 · In the US, "pigeon coop" is the most common term (even though the dictionaries appear to prefer "pigeon loft" or "pigeon house"). "Coop" is most familiar because a place for …

2010年12月8日 · But I don't think it does. Gilbert is offering a little sketch of a bird singing, and to do so it must sit on a branch. We're given a close-up of the bird, and the economy of words …

Interestingly, with the pair pigeon for the critter and squab for the food, it is the first one that comes from French and the second which is the native English word instead of the other way …