How to pronounce “stool pigeon”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (originally) A pigeon tied to a stool by a piece of twine, used as a decoy to entice free-flying birds to the ground to be shot or trapped.
• (slang, obsolete, gambling) A decoy used in a crooked gambling game.
• (slang) An informer to the authorities, especially one who gives up criminal associates.

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Similar Sounds

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