"pigeon drop" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 330:",
          "text": "“You some kind of confidence man or dope peddler or something? You trying to work one of those pigeon drops on me?”",
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      "glosses": [
        "A confidence trick in which the mark or \"pigeon\" is persuaded to give up a sum of money in order to secure the rights to a larger sum of money or more valuable object."
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          "confidence trick",
          "confidence trick"
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          "mark",
          "mark"
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "pigeon dropper"
        },
        {
          "word": "pigeon dropping"
        },
        {
          "word": "Spanish handkerchief"
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        "pigeon drop"
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  "word": "pigeon drop"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "pigeon dropper"
    },
    {
      "word": "pigeon dropping"
    },
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      "word": "Spanish handkerchief"
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        }
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        "A confidence trick in which the mark or \"pigeon\" is persuaded to give up a sum of money in order to secure the rights to a larger sum of money or more valuable object."
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