Pigeon

a gullible or soft person. The French cant, or Argot , has the word PIGEON , dupe—“ PECHON, PESCHON DE RUBY , apprenti gueux, enfant (sans doute dérobé)”. The vagabonds and brigands of Spain also used the word in their German i a , or robbers’ language, PALOMO ( PIGEON ), ignorant, simple. In the sporting world sharps and flats are often called “rooks and PIGEONS ” respectively—sometimes “spiders and flies.”