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  • noun Plural form of pigeonhole.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pigeonhole.

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Examples

  • We have got to live with them and we can't put nations in pigeonholes.

    Our Lady of the Snows, Her Mother and Her Children 1937

  • As it was rather soon after the dinner hour, not many persons were in bathing, and the compartments or "pigeonholes" were not all filled.

    Six Little Bunkers at Aunt Jo's Laura Lee Hope

  • Tropical Medicine, said the development of "pigeonholes" regarding health-related MDG was problematic - and the existence of separate objectives for maternal health, infant survival and disease control fails to exploit clear synergies.

    Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE 2010

  • Tropical Medicine, said the development of "pigeonholes" regarding health-related MDG was problematic - and the existence of separate objectives for maternal health, infant survival and disease control fails to exploit clear synergies.

    Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE 2010

  • Tropical Medicine, said the development of "pigeonholes" regarding health-related MDG was problematic - and the existence of separate objectives for maternal health, infant survival and disease control fails to exploit clear synergies.

    Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE 2010

  • Tropical Medicine, said the development of "pigeonholes" regarding health-related MDG was problematic - and the existence of separate objectives for maternal health, infant survival and disease control fails to exploit clear synergies.

    Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE 2010

  • "Peek-and-poke" clerks in postal plants were still sliding envelopes into pigeonholes when, in 1994, the Postal Service hired Siemens and Lockheed Martin to teach machines to read scribbling.

    Poor Penmanship Spells Job Security for Post Office's Scribble Specialists Barry Newman 2011

  • In Salt Lake's plant this night, Jim Herlin was on duty at his pigeonholes.

    Poor Penmanship Spells Job Security for Post Office's Scribble Specialists Barry Newman 2011

  • Here, pigeonholes used by the 'peek-and-poke clerks' at the Salt Lake Processing Center.

    Letters' Last Hope 2011

  • I watched the predominantly male political hacks who thought the SDP were the greatest new thing parade about, importantly stuffing pigeonholes with their literature.

    He's a Tory, I'm a leftie and we're still happily married 2011

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