Noun

• One of several birds of the family Columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species.
• (uncountable) The meat from this bird.
• (Canada, US, informal) A person who is a target or victim of a confidence game.
• (Britain, informal) Concern or responsibility.
• (countable, politics) A pacifist, appeaser, an isolationist, a dove.

Exemple

• Synonyms: columbid, culver, dove
• Synonyms: dupe, fish, sucker; dupe
• it’s his/her pigeon

Verb

• (transitive) To deceive with a confidence game.

Noun

• The house sparrow, Passer domesticus; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.
• A member of the family Passeridae, comprising small Old World songbirds.
• A member of the family Emberizidae, comprising small New World songbirds.
• Generically, any small, nondescript bird.
• (Britain, chiefly London) A quick-witted, lively person. Often used in the phrase cockney sparrow.

Synonyms

• spadger, sparra, spoggy, spuggy

Examples

• Professional cockney sparrow Martine has acted since childhood.
• I take it there ‘s scarcely a happier fellow alive than your honest town-bred smoke-dried cockney sparrow.