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The term "stool pigeon" originates from the antiquated practice of tying a passenger pigeon to a stool. The bird would flap its wings in a futile attempt to escape. The sound of the wings flapping would attract other pigeons to the stool where a large number of birds could be easily killed or captured. [51]
A stool pigeon is an informant. Stool Pigeon or The Stool Pigeon may refer to: The Stool Pigeon, a lost American film; Stool Pigeon, an American silent film; The Stool Pigeon, a Hong Kong-Chinese film; The Stool Pigeon, an independent UK music newspaper "Stool Pigeon" (song), by Kid Creole and the Coconuts (1982)
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stool pigeon, stoolie police informer (UK: grass) (from the use of captive birds as hunting decoys) stop light (UK and US: traffic light) streetcar vehicle on rails for passenger transportation [DM] usually within a city; also called trolley [DM] or trolley car if electrically powered by means of a trolley (UK: tram) strep throat
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The broad arrow was used by the British to mark trees (one species of which was the eastern white pine) intended for ship building use in North America during colonial times. Three axe strikes, resembling an arrowhead and shaft, were marked on large mast -grade trees. [ 26 ]
Their breakthrough came with 1982's Tropical Gangsters, which hit #3 in the UK and spun off three Top 10 hits with "Stool Pigeon", "Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy" and "I'm A Wonderful Thing, Baby". "Dear Addy" also made the Top 40. In the US the album was retitled Wise Guy and reached #145, and "I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby" flirted with the R&B charts
In Europe, the wood pigeon is commonly shot as a game bird, [52] The extinction of the passenger pigeon in North America was at least partly due to shooting for use as food. [53] Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management contains recipes for roast pigeon and pigeon pie, a popular, inexpensive food in Victorian industrial Britain. [54]