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11Stool — Stool, v. i. (Agric.) To ramfy; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers. R. D. Blackmore. [1913 Webster] …
12stool — [stu:l] n [: Old English; Origin: stol] 1.) a seat that has three or four legs, but no back or arms ▪ a bar stool 2.) medical a piece of solid waste from your ↑bowels …
13stool pigeon — (USA) A stool pigeon is a police informer …
14stool pigeon — stool′ pi geon n. 1) a pigeon used as a decoy 2) sts Also called stool•ie [[t]ˈstu li[/t]] Slang. a person employed or acting as a decoy or informer, esp. for the police. • Etymology: 1820–30, amer …
15stool pigeon — ► NOUN 1) a police informer. 2) a person acting as a decoy. ORIGIN so named from the original use of a pigeon fixed to a stool as a decoy …
16stool of repentance — A place, esp in Scottish churches, where delinquents, esp fornicators, were exposed • • • Main Entry: ↑stool …
17stool pigeon — index informant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
18stool pigeon — stool ,pigeon noun count INFORMAL someone who gives information to the police about criminals …
19stool pigeon — police informer, 1868, American English; earlier one who betrays the unwary (or is used to betray them), 1821, originally a decoy bird (1812); said to be from decoys being fastened to stools to lure other pigeons. But perhaps related to stall… …
20stool pigeon — [n] informer betrayer, blabbermouth*, canary*, decoy, deep throat*, doublecrosser, fink*, informant, narc*, nark*, rat*, sneak, snitch, snitcher, source, squealer*, stoolie*, tattler, tattletale, tipster*, turncoat, weasel*, whistle blower;… …