pigeon-hole

See also: pigeonhole and pigeon hole

English

Noun

pigeon-hole (plural pigeon-holes)

1. Alternative spelling of pigeonhole
   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, London: Heinemann, →OCLC, page 54:

     ...he walked across Hawthorn Tree Court on his way to the porter's lodge... At the lodge he cleared his pigeon-hole.

Verb

pigeon-hole (third-person singular simple present pigeon-holes, present participle pigeon-holing, simple past and past participle pigeon-holed)

1. Alternative spelling of pigeonhole
   • 1961 February, “Talking of Trains: The White Paper”, in Trains Illustrated, page 65:

     The Select Committee's recommendation that those which the railways are required to provide on grounds of national interest or social needs should be subsidised by the state has obviously been pigeon-holed.