pigeon | Idiomator

Meaning: ; One of several birds of the familyColumbidaewithin the orderColumbiformes.Synonyms:columbid,culver,dove; (uncountable)Themeatfrom this bird.; (Canada,US,informal)A person who is atargetorvictimof aconfidence game.Synonyms:dupe,fish,sucker;see alsoThesaurus:dupe; (countable,politics)Apacifist,appeaser, anisolationist, adove.; A person hired totransportfilmfootageout of a region where transport options are limited.1989, Whitman Bassow,The Moscow Correspondents, page214:Kalb rushed to the airport and found a "pigeon" to take out the film: an American woman headed for London.2021, Hilary Brown,War Tourist: Memoirs of a Foreign Correspondent:At this point, all the commercial airports in Pakistan were closed. The only way to get film out was over land. John promptly hired me to be what was then known in the business as a "Pigeon," and installed me in a comfortable room in his hotel.[…]I would then hand-carry his film out of the country, via Peshawar, the Khyber Pass, through the Kabul Gorge, and up to Kabul, Afghanistan, where I would meet a BBC courier and transfer the film bag.; (Australia,militaryslang)A weak or useless person.

Examples:

EN: Conditions of Combat Revolver, 6 bullets, 6 pigeon steps to be taken before aiming.
ES: Condiciones de Combate Revólver, 6 balas, 6 pasos a dar antes de apuntar.
EN: "The strutting pigeon, he forgets that Cyrano has forbidden him to appear."
ES: "El arrogante pavo, olvida que Cyrano le ha prohibido al escenario subir."
EN: - Although pigeon is smaller than chicken, it is tastier.
ES: - - Aunque el pichón es más pequeño que el pollo, es más sabroso.
EN: This is my last pigeon.
ES: Es mi última paloma.
EN: Well, ... I know a stool pigeon that you might use as a bellhop!
ES: Bueno,... ¡conozco un delator que Ud. puede usar como mensajero!
EN: Made you turn stool pigeon... so you wouldn't have to serve a few months in the can.
ES: Te convirtió en un soplón... para que no tuvieras que pasar unos meses en la jaula.
EN: - How about you, pigeon?
ES: - ¿Y tú, paloma?
EN: Oh, I didn't mean to hurt you, little pigeon.
ES: No fue mi intención lastimarte, palomita.
EN: I just kicked your stool pigeon right out of my office.
ES: He dejado su cebo en mi despacho.
EN: A stool pigeon?
ES: ¿Un cebo?
EN: You dirty little stool pigeon. - Oh!
ES: Maldita traidora.
EN: Sing, my little pigeon!
ES: ¡Canta, mi palomita!
EN: So you're a stool pigeon for Alvin, too?
ES: ¿Así que también eres un soplón de Alvin?
EN: That's a stool pigeon.
ES: Es un soplón.
EN: Now, Fingey, a stool pigeon is a man who first gets the confidence of someone the police suspect and then informs on that same person.
ES: Bien, Fingey, Un soplón es un hombre que primero se gana la confianza de un sospechoso policial, y luego da informes sobre esa misma persona.

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