Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pigeon pair

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.58 in modern English

Syllables: pi-geon -pair
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pair of twins, one male and one female.

noun

Two siblings, one male and one female.

Example Sentences

"“He has two kiddies, a pigeon pair.”"
"Oh, please not twins! Just a pigeon-pair, a son and then a daughter."
"Their first child, a son, was Albert Lewis, born 1893, and he became known to all of us who can remember this wonderful man, as Lew Davey. The second child was a daughter, Cora Annie, born 1895. […] There were two other children (both stillborn) and, to quote Lew, “It is sad to remember that what should have been a family of four, ended up a “pigeon pair”."
"“I 'ave a wife and pigeon pair,” he said. “What's a pigeon pair?” I asked him. “Don'cher know a pigeon pair? That's one of each. A pigeon pair, we calls it at 'ome."

Etymology

From a folk belief that pigeons raise two eggs at the same time, a male and a female.

Inflected Forms

pigeon pairs (plural)

Questions

What does pigeon pair mean?: A pair of twins, one male and one female.
Where does pigeon pair come from?: From a folk belief that pigeons raise two eggs at the same time, a male and a female.

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