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stool pigeon (noun)

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  • stool pigeon — noun 1. someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police • Syn: ↑fink, ↑snitch, ↑snitcher, ↑stoolpigeon, ↑stoolie, ↑sneak, ↑sneaker, ↑canary …   Useful english dictionary

  • stool pigeon — ► NOUN 1) a police informer. 2) a person acting as a decoy. ORIGIN so named from the original use of a pigeon fixed to a stool as a decoy …   English terms dictionary

  • stool pigeon — stool ,pigeon noun count INFORMAL someone who gives information to the police about criminals …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • stool\ pigeon — noun A criminal who informs on his associates. The detective was able to solve the crime mainly through information obtained from a stool pigeon …   Словарь американских идиом

  • stool pigeon — noun Etymology: probably from the early practice of fastening the decoy bird to a stool Date: 1826 1. a person acting as a decoy or informer; especially a spy sent into a group to report (as to the police) on its activities 2. a pigeon used as a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • stool pigeon — noun informal 1》 a police informer. 2》 a person acting as a decoy. Origin C19: so named from the original use of a pigeon fixed to a stool as a decoy …   English new terms dictionary

  • stool pigeon — noun A decoy or an informer, especially one who is a spy for the police. Syn: stoolie, stooly …   Wiktionary

  • stool pigeon — /ˈstul pɪdʒən / (say stoohl pijuhn) noun 1. Chiefly US → nark (def. 1). 2. Colloquial a person employed as a decoy or secret confederate, as by gamblers. {US English (1830s); from the practice of tying a pigeon to a stool as a lure for other… …  

  • stool pigeon — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., slang, decoy, informer, betrayer. See information. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. informer, spy, *narc, decoy. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Slang. One who gives incriminating information about… …   English dictionary for students

  • stool|ie — stool|y or stool|ie «STOO lee», noun, plural stool|ies. U.S. Slang. a stool pigeon …   Useful english dictionary

  • stool|y — or stool|ie «STOO lee», noun, plural stool|ies. U.S. Slang. a stool pigeon …   Useful english dictionary

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