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(1):

(n.) A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping of letters, documents, etc.; - so called from the resemblance of a row of them to the compartments in a dovecote.

(2):

(v. t.) To place in the pigeonhole of a case or cabinet; hence, to put away; to lay aside indefinitely; as, to pigeonhole a letter or a report.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pigeonhole'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/pigeonhole.html. 1828.
 
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