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pigeonhole |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pigeonhole \Pi"geon*hole`\, n. A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping of letters, documents, etc.; -- so called from the resemblance of a row of them to the compartments in a dovecote. --Burke. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pigeonhole \Pi"geon*hole`\, v. t. To place in the pigeonhole of a case or cabinet; hence to put away to lay aside indefinitely; as to pigeonhole a letter or a report. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pigeonhole n : a small compartment [syn: {cubbyhole}] v : treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European" [syn: {stereotype}, {stamp}]
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