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51stool pigeon — {n.} A criminal who informs on his associates. * /The detective was able to solve the crime mainly through information obtained from a stool pigeon./ …
52stool pigeon — {n.} A criminal who informs on his associates. * /The detective was able to solve the crime mainly through information obtained from a stool pigeon./ …
53stool 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… …
54stool-ball — noun a) An old country game, similar in some respects to cricket and rounders, and chiefly played by young men or women at Eastertide. b) A ball used in the game of stool ball …
55Stool, groom of the — One of the gentlemen of the privy chamber who served the king in the more private rooms of the palace. It was the groom s duty to empty the royal chamber pot; this intimacy put him among the most senior of the gentlemen, ranking him below the… …
56stool\ 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 …
57stool 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 …
58stool 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… …
59stool iris — belapis vilkdalgis statusas T sritis vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Iris aphylla angl. bare stalked iris; stool iris vok. nacktstengelige Schwertlilie rus. ирис безлистный; касатик безлистный lenk. kosaciec bezlistny …
60stool (on someone) — in. to inform (on omeone). □ Tracy would stool on anybody, even her own mother. □ Somebody stooled and ruined the whole layout …