Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pigeon-holes

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English

Syllables: pi-geon--holes
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of pigeonholes (“outdoor game played in the 17th and early 18th centuries in which each player bowls a ball towards targets”).

noun

plural of pigeon-hole

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of pigeon-hole

Example Sentences

"[Godfrey] Speed[well]. […] [H]ave you ſuch gold to give? / [Innocent] Lamb[skin]. Yes, yes, has vvon it betting at the bovvling Alleys, / Or at the Pigeon-holes in the Garden Alleyes."

Questions

What does pigeon-holes mean?: Alternative form of pigeonholes (“outdoor game played in the 17th and early 18th centuries in which each player bowls a ball towards targets”).

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