| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Blue-pigeon Flyer | Literature | A man who steals the lead off of a house or church. "Bluey" is slang for lead, so called from its colour. To "pigeon" is to gull, cheat, or fub. Hence, blue-pigeon, one who cheats another of his lead, or fubs his lead. "Flyer," of course, is one who flies off with the stolen lead. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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