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pigeonholes

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11 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɪdʒ(ɪ)nhəʊlz/Sorted eeghilnoopsStarts with PEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. An outdoor game played in the 17th and early 18th centuries in which each player bowls a ball towards targets (probably small compartments).

Word origin

From pigeonhole + -s (suffix forming regular plurals of nouns and pluralia tantum; and third-person singular simple present indicative forms of verbs).

Used in a sentence

  • [Godfrey] Speed[well]. […] [H]ave you ſuch gold to give? / [Innocent] Lamb[skin]. Yes, yes, has vvon it betting at the bovvling Alleys, / Or at the Pigeon-holes in the Garden Alleyes.

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