carrier pigeon
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A domestic pigeon which transports attached messages or very small parcels from the place where it is released to a familiar destination.
noun
Alternative form of carrier pigeon.
Example Sentences
- "At length, after wheeling his toothpick slowly round and round in the air, as if it were a carrier pigeon just thrown up, he suddenly made a dart at the drawing,"
- "Once on her window-sill Harmony found among the pigeons a carrier pigeon with a brass tube fastened to its leg."
- "From the fishing basket on which he was sitting came the unusual sound of a ‘coo-coo,’ and another spy was caught. The supposed fisherman had been sending the enemy information by means of the carrier pigeons."
- "Two days after the first U.S. bridgehead had been thrown back at Rapido (see p. 23), a U.S. carrier pigeon winged wearily into its home base in Italy. Clipped to its leg was this German sneer: "Herewith your message pigeon is returned. We have plenty to eat.""
- "For the second time in four months, prison guards foiled an attempt to smuggle a cellphone into a prison by carrier pigeon."