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The drum, the drum, sir! Curio. I never saw such pigeon - hearted people. What drum? what danger? - Who's that that shakes behind there? Fletcher, Pilgrim, iii. 4. pigeonhole pigeonhole (pij'on-hol), n. 1. One of the holes in a dove-cote or pigeon-house through which the birds pa in and out. Hence-2. A little compartment or division in a case for papers, a bureau, a desk, or the like. Abbé Sieyes has whole nests of pigeon - holes full of constitutions already made, ticketed, sorted, and numbered. Burke . 3. One of a series of holes in an arch of a furnace through which the gases of combustion pa .-4. One of a series of holes in the block at the bottom of a keir through which its liquid contents can be discharged.-5. pl . An old English game, resembling modern bagatelle, in which balls were rolled through little cavities or arches. Threepence I lost at nynepines; but I got Six tokens towards that at pigeon - holes . Brome, Antipodes, iv. 5. In several places there was nine-pins plaid, And pidgeon holes for to beget a trade.