- decoy-pigeon
- n.
Stool-pigeon.
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decoy-pigeon
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decoy — [n] bait, trap allurement, attraction, beard*, blind, blow off*, booster, camouflage, catch, chicane, chicanery, come on, deception, drawing card, ensnarement, enticement, facade, fake, front, imitation, inducement, inveiglement, lure, nark,… … New thesaurus
decoy — Synonyms and related words: Dionaea, agent provocateur, allure, allurement, attract, attraction, bait, bait the hook, baited trap, birdlime, blandish, booby trap, by bidder, cajole, capper, catch, catch out, charm, chicane, chicanery, coax, come… … Moby Thesaurus
decoy-rogue — n. See stool pigeon … New dictionary of synonyms
decoy — n 1. bait, lure, stool pigeon, magnet, loadstone; enticement, allurement, seduction, attraction; trap, gin, snare, ensnarement, pitfall; smoke screen, camouflage, cover up, pretense; phony, fake, sham. v 2. lure, bait; attract, magnetize, entice … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
stool-pigeon — n. 1. Decoy pigeon, decoy (for game). 2. Decoy, inveigler, decoyer, inveigling accomplice, cat s paw … New dictionary of synonyms
stool pigeon — noun 1. someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police • Syn: ↑fink, ↑snitch, ↑snitcher, ↑stoolpigeon, ↑stoolie, ↑sneak, ↑sneaker, ↑canary … Useful english dictionary
Stool pigeon — Stool Stool, n. [AS. st[=o]l a seat; akin to OFries. & OS. st[=o]l, D. stoel, G. stuhl, OHG. stuol, Icel. st[=o]ll, Sw. & Dan. stol, Goth. st[=o]ls, Lith. stalas a table, Russ. stol ; from the root of E. stand. [root]163. See {Stand}, and cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stool pigeon — noun Etymology: probably from the early practice of fastening the decoy bird to a stool Date: 1826 1. a person acting as a decoy or informer; especially a spy sent into a group to report (as to the police) on its activities 2. a pigeon used as a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
stool pigeon — police informer, 1868, American English; earlier one who betrays the unwary (or is used to betray them), 1821, originally a decoy bird (1812); said to be from decoys being fastened to stools to lure other pigeons. But perhaps related to stall… … Etymology dictionary
stool pigeon — ► NOUN 1) a police informer. 2) a person acting as a decoy. ORIGIN so named from the original use of a pigeon fixed to a stool as a decoy … English terms dictionary
