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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pigeoun, n. (e.m.E. and ME. pigeon (young) dove (c 1440), also fig. a coward (1604), a dupe (1593). Cf. Pudȝeon.) fig. —1572 Buch. Detect. (1727) 55.
And had it not bene that the quene … had … forbiddin hir prettie venerous pigeoun to do battel, he had faillit to find … ane honest collour to refuse to fecht
