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De - Pt| English Dictionary: pigeon-hole | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for pigeon-hole | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Pigeonhole \Pi"geon*hole`\, n. A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping of letters, documents, etc.; -- so called from the resemblance of a row of them to the compartments in a dovecote. --Burke. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Pigeonhole \Pi"geon*hole`\, v. t. To place in the pigeonhole of a case or cabinet; hence, to put away; to lay aside indefinitely; as, to pigeonhole a letter or a report. | |
