Carrier-pigeon
one of a breed of domestic pigeons having a large wattle around the base of the beak.
a homing pigeon trained to carry messages.
Historical Examples
I want to hear all of it, all that you had no room to tell me in your carrier-pigeon messages.
The Saracen: The Holy War Robert Shea
It is not by instinct, but by sight, that the carrier-pigeon guides its course.
Harper’s Young People, January 6, 1880 Various
As she read, the carrier-pigeon went on pecking at the seeds in the basket, and the doves of the mosque watched it enviously.
The Golden Silence C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
Like the carrier-pigeon, let it go, to return with glad tidings, or none at all.
The Puddleford Papers, H. H. Riley
You can’t think how word flies from one harem to another—like a carrier-pigeon!
The Golden Silence C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
It is not Halil but a pigeon—a carrier-pigeon bringing a letter.
Halil the Pedlar Mr Jkai
She is so frightened that she becomes ill, but manages to send word to her father by means of a carrier-pigeon.
Italian Popular Tales Thomas Frederick Crane
He’s not a carrier-pigeon, though he brings Important messages beneath his wings.
A Phenomenal Fauna Carolyn Wells
Like an exiled cat or a carrier-pigeon, he was making a straight line for home, but did not know it.
“Where Angels Fear to Tread” and Other Stories of the Sea Morgan Robertson
carrier-pigeon, a swindler, one who formerly used to cheat lottery-office keepers.
The Slang Dictionary John Camden Hotten
noun
any homing pigeon, esp one used for carrying messages
carry the day
carry the torch
carry through
carry too far
carry weight
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