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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-stool pigeon.ogg Forms: stool pigeons [plural]
Etymology: From the act of tying or even nailing a pigeon to a stool to act as a decoy by hunters. Alternatively, from an alteration of stale (“decoy”) + pigeon. Etymology templates: {{com|en|stale|pigeon|t1=decoy}} stale (“decoy”) + pigeon Head templates: {{en-noun}} stool pigeon (plural stool pigeons)
  1. (originally) A pigeon tied to a stool by a piece of twine, used as a decoy to entice free-flying birds to the ground to be shot or trapped.
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  2. (slang, obsolete, gambling) A decoy used in a crooked gambling game. Tags: obsolete, slang Translations (decoy): мюре (mjure) [neuter] (Bulgarian), мамец (mamec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), houkutuslintu (Finnish), balance [feminine] (French), indic [masculine] (French), mouchard [masculine] (French), Lockvogel [masculine] (German), Spitzel [masculine] (German), πληροφοριοδότης (pliroforiodótis) [masculine] (Greek), χαφιές (chafiés) [colloquial, masculine] (Greek), pentito [masculine] (Italian), politispion [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), angiver [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kapuś [masculine] (Polish), kabel [masculine] (Polish), наседка (nasedka) [feminine] (Russian), подсадная у́тка (podsadnaja útka) [feminine] (Russian)
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  3. (slang) An informer to the authorities, especially one who gives up criminal associates. Tags: slang Translations (informer): vasikka (Finnish)
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Inflected forms

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    "Terms with Italian translations",
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      "roman": "mjure",
      "sense": "decoy",
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      "word": "мюре"
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      "word": "мамец"
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      "word": "houkutuslintu"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "decoy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "balance"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "decoy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "indic"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "decoy",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mouchard"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "decoy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Lockvogel"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "decoy",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Spitzel"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "decoy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "πληροφοριοδότης"
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    {
      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "decoy",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "χαφιές"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "decoy",
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      "word": "kapuś"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "наседка"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podsadnaja útka",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "подсадная у́тка"
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      "word": "vasikka"
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}

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