"pigeon dropping" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pigeon droppings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} pigeon dropping (uncountable), {{en-noun}} pigeon dropping (plural pigeon droppings)
  1. The carrying out of the pigeon drop confidence trick. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-pigeon_dropping-en-noun-w84QF2mh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A poop from a pigeon.
    Sense id: en-pigeon_dropping-en-noun-HlzCEvba Categories (other): &lit not valid pagename

Inflected forms

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