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单词 carrier pigeon
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carrier pigeonn.

Brit. /ˈkarɪə ˌpɪdʒ(ᵻ)n/, U.S. /ˈkɛriər ˌpɪdʒ(ə)n/
Forms: see carrier n.1 and pigeon n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: carrier n.1, pigeon n.
Etymology: < carrier n.1 (compare carrier n.1 4) + pigeon n.
1. A pigeon used to carry messages, spec. a variety developed for this purpose. In later use also (frequently with distinguishing word): any of various breeds of pigeon developed for racing or for exhibition; a pigeon of such a breed. Cf. carrier n.1 4.
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society > communication > correspondence > postal services > person or vehicle that carries letters or mail > [noun] > carrier pigeon
carrier pigeon1644
wing-posta1661
postman pigeon1901
the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [noun] > carrier
carrier1641
carrier pigeon1644
carrier bird1728
Antwerp1839
scandaroon1860
postman pigeon1901
1644 R. Stapleton in tr. Juvenal First Six Satyrs 118 Some have supposed he [sc. Juvenal] meant Letters brought by Carryer-Pidgeons.
1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. Tab. XXIV. (caption) Columba tabellaria A Carrier-Pigeon. Columba Numidica seu Cypria a Barbary Pigeon.
1791 J. Ireland Hogarth Illustr. I. 275 A carrier pigeon is despatched at the time the criminal arrives at Tyburn.
1871 W. B. Tegetmeier Homing or Carrier Pigeon ii. 43 At all the poultry and pigeon-shows in this country prizes are offered for the best ‘Carrier pigeons’... These birds are purely fancy varieties, and they are bred up to an artificial standard of properties.
1941 Utah: Guide to State (Federal Writers' Project) i. 133 Salt Lake City newspapers reported recovery of the bodies by ‘pigeon express’, using carrier pigeons.
1961 Morning Herald (Uniontown, Pa.) 9 Sept. 2/6 English Carrier Pigeons, all prizes, Andy Tober, Connellsville.
2020 @drblair81 9 Sept. in twitter.com (accessed 11 Sept. 2020) Has a band on each foot and I can walk almost right up to him. Lost pet/carrier pigeon? Has been here for 2 or 3 days.
2. figurative. A person or thing likened to a carrier pigeon (sense 1), esp. in being the means by which something is transported or communicated.
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society > communication > information > message > [noun] > messenger
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bodec888
apostlec950
sand1038
sandesman1123
sanderbodec1200
bearer?c1225
errand-bearer?c1225
messenger?c1225
erindeberea1250
sand-manc1275
beadsman1377
herald1377
messagea1382
runnera1382
sendmana1400
interpreter1490
nuntius1534
post1535
pursuivant?1536
nuncius1573
nuncio1587
carrier1594
nunciate1596
mercury1597
chiaus1599
foreranger1612
postera1614
irisa1616
missivea1616
chouse1632
angela1637
caduceator1684
purpose messenger1702
errand-bringer1720
harkara1747
commissionaire1749
carrier pigeon1785
errander1803
errand-porter1818
tchaush1819
card carrier1845
errand-goer1864
choush1866
ghulam1882
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Carrier pigeons, sharpers who attend the drawing of the lottery in Guildhall, and as soon as a number or two are drawn, write them on a card, and run with them to a confederate.
1798 J. O'Keeffe Czar Peter i. iii, in Dramatic Wks. III. 123 Ask me to brush coats! Count Couvanski's Aid du Camp in the field of Venus, the carrier pidgeon of his billet doux!
1842 H. W. Longfellow tr. E. Tegnér in Ballads & Other Poems 76 Prayer..willingly flyeth incessant.., the carrier-pigeon of heaven.
1983 S. King Christine (2018) xl. 432 ‘What's happening with our carrier pigeon?’ ‘He's on Interstate Eighty-four, coming up on Port Jervis.’
2001 Independent 25 Sept. 3 Mr Straw will have to set out his wares carefully if he is not to be labelled Washington's carrier pigeon, a man whose sole job is to transmit messages on behalf of a power that still classifies Iran as a terrorist state.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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