STOOL PIGEON


Meaning of STOOL PIGEON in English

Function: noun

Etymology: probably from the early practice of fastening the decoy bird to a stool

Date: 1826

1 : a person acting as a decoy or informer especially : a spy sent into a group to report (as to the police) on its activities

2 : a pigeon used as a decoy to draw others within a net

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