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Meaning of "pigeon post" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PIGEON POST

pigeon post  [ˈpɪdʒɪn pəʊst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PIGEON POST

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pigeon post is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PIGEON POST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pigeon post

Pigeon post

Pigeon post is the use of homing pigeons to carry messages. Pigeons were effective as messengers due to their natural homing abilities. The pigeons were transported to a destination in cages, where they would be attached with messages, then naturally the pigeon would fly back to its home where the owner could read his mail. Pigeons have been used to great effect in military situations, with 32 birds winning the Dickin Medal.

Definition of pigeon post in the English dictionary

The definition of pigeon post in the dictionary is the use of homing pigeons to carry messages.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PIGEON POST


airpost
ˈɛəˌpəʊst
almost
ˈɔːlməʊst
bedpost
ˈbɛdˌpəʊst
blogpost
ˈblɒɡˌpəʊst
coast
kəʊst
doorpost
ˈdɔːˌpəʊst
Freepost
ˈfriːˌpəʊst
gatepost
ˈɡeɪtˌpəʊst
ghost
ɡəʊst
goalpost
ˈɡəʊlˌpəʊst
guidepost
ˈɡaɪdˌpəʊst
host
həʊst
impost
ˈɪmpəʊst
lamppost
ˈlæmpˌpəʊst
milepost
ˈmaɪlˌpəʊst
most
məʊst
outpost
ˈaʊtˌpəʊst
post
pəʊst
signpost
ˈsaɪnˌpəʊst
soundpost
ˈsaʊndˌpəʊst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PIGEON POST

pig´s fry
pig´s wash
pigboat
pigeon
pigeon breast
pigeon fancier
pigeon hawk
pigeon house
pigeon loft
pigeon pea
pigeon shooting
pigeon-chested
pigeon-hearted
pigeon-livered
pigeon-toed
pigeonhole
pigeonholer
pigeonite
pigeonry
pigeonwing

WORDS THAT END LIKE PIGEON POST

book post
by return of post
command post
customs post
fence post
first post
from pillar to post
frontier post
hitching post
king post
last post
listening post
newel post
observation post
parcel post
registered post
repost
tool post
trading post
whipping post
winning post

Synonyms and antonyms of pigeon post in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «pigeon post» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PIGEON POST

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The translations of pigeon post from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pigeon post» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

鸽子后
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

poste de la paloma
570 millions of speakers

English

pigeon post
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कबूतर पोस्ट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

آخر حمامة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

почтовых голубей
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cargo do pombo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কবুতরের পোস্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pigeons voyageurs
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jawatan merpati
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Brieftauben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ハトのポスト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비둘기 포스트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pigeon post
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chim bồ câu bài
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புறா பதவி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कबूतर पोस्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Güvercin post
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

piccione postale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gołąb pocztowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поштових голубів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Mesaj porumbel
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

περιστέρι μετά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

duif post
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

duva inlägg
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

due innlegg
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pigeon post

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PIGEON POST»

The term «pigeon post» is normally little used and occupies the 128.571 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PIGEON POST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pigeon post

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PIGEON POST»

Discover the use of pigeon post in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pigeon post and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pigeon Post
Includes exclusive material: In 'The Backstory' you can test your knowledge of the book and learn all about homing pigeons!
Arthur Ransome, 2013
2
Pigeon Post
Here is a book about a man, supposedly a writer, who tries to write a novel, because he promised his readers he would.
Dumitru Țepeneag, 2008
3
Pigeon Post
A group of vacationers hunts for a lost gold mine and avoids a mysterious man they refer to as "squashy hat," with the help of their carrier pigeons, Homer, Sophocles, and Sappho
Arthur Ransome, 1992
4
Pigeon Post
An island to own, and rain. The pigeon post brings word from her husband that he has negotiated with some Maori chiefs to purchase the isle on which she has set her heart. However, politics intervene . . .
Peter Hawes, 2013
5
The homing or carrier pigeon
... guarantee the safe delivery of this correspondence, and will not be in any way responsible for it. — General Post Office, Nov. 16." PIGEON POST TO PARIS. 31 The messages, when received, were 30 HISTORY OF THE HOMING PIGEON.
William Bernhard Tegetmeier, 1871
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Journal of the Society of Arts
But if we take the text to be correct, it conveys in a startling manner an idea of the capability of the pigeon-post. We are to suppose the ' thirty thousand messages ' to have been photographed so minutely, that a page of the City Press would, ...
‎1871
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An Intrepid Scot: William Lithgow of Lanark's Travels in the ...
Zangi made the pigeon post part of the band or official postal service during the mid-twelfth century. Yet it seems to have been the Mamluk Sultan Baybars (r. 1259-78) who regularized what had previously been a somewhat haphazard service, ...
Clifford Edmund Bosworth, 2006
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Journal of the Royal Society of Arts
Pigeon Post.—The Oily Prm says :~“ About the centre of the third column of page 10 ofa lute issue of the Times occurs a piece of intelligence to this ctfect :' Thirty l'. l10ll.“&[1<l messages have arrived by your pigeon in a good state.' For pigeon ...
Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain), 1871
9
Report of the Postmaster General on the Post Office
Malta. W. Indies. India. Abandonment of Marseilles route. France. Pigeon post. York which used to leave via, Southampton on Tuesdays. This reduction in our means of communication with America entailed considerable inconvenience upon ...
Great Britain. Post Office, 1871
10
Pigeon Post
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pigeon Post is the sixth book in Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series of children's books, published in 1936. It won the first Carnegie Medal awarded for children's literature.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PIGEON POST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pigeon post is used in the context of the following news items.
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Southsea Greenhouse welcomes new friends
By word of mouth and pigeon post we invited new and lonely local residents to come and find out more about Southsea Greenhouse as well as ... «Portsmouth News, Jul 15»
2
'Blocked In' Creator Daniël Ernst on the Art of the Virtual Reality …
Ernst: The Pigeon Man is an intimate diorama game for the Oculus Rift about an old pigeon post office and the weird and wonderful people who ... «Road to VR, Jul 15»
3
The Next 7: Your guide to this week's entertainment
Summer Sundays Bluegrass Series: Pigeon Post String Band, 1 p.m. Vestal Museum, 328 Vestal Parkway, Vestal. "Rent," 3 p.m. Endicott ... «Press & Sun-Bulletin, Jul 15»
4
The Evolution of Telephony
Later on they were changed by mail, pigeon post, and maritime flags. But probably the greatest innovation was achieved when communication ... «Pulse, Jul 15»
5
Pigeon spies in Galicia, women at university and bees attacking the …
"With the appearance of new perfected ways of transporting communication, some think that the role of the pigeon post is finished," said the ... «Russia Beyond the Headlines, Jun 15»
6
Sea eagle chick nearly dies after swallowing fishing hooks
... project · Visitors flock in to Tentsmuir · Wood roasted pigeon · Dog owner hunted after swans savaged · New meaning to 'Pigeon Post'. «Deadline News, Jun 15»
7
Making life in Nepal better amid tragedy
She has been reporting back to people in Starston via her column in the village magazine, the Pigeon Post. She fundraised locally through the ... «Diss Express, Jun 15»
8
The Rothschild Libel: Why has it taken 200 years for an anti-Semitic …
... changed: the banker was in London, but had made elaborate preparations to get the news first, either by special messenger or pigeon post. «The Independent, May 15»
9
Spring Migration Festival at the Great Swamp Conservancy
... will have old farming tractors on display. Americana music is provided by Dove Creek, Ann Wieder and Pigeon Post Band. Advertisement. «Oneida Dispatch, Apr 15»
10
GSC to hold 14th Annual Spring Migration Nature Art and Craft …
Sunday only events include Out of the Cage exotic and wild animals, music by Pigeon Post Band from noon to 3 p.m.; the big raffle drawing to ... «Madison County Courier, Apr 15»

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