stool
31stool·ie — /ˈstuːli/ noun, pl ies [count] US informal + old fashioned : ↑stool pigeon …
32Stool of a window — Stool Stool, n. [AS. st[=o]l a seat; akin to OFries. & OS. st[=o]l, D. stoel, G. stuhl, OHG. stuol, Icel. st[=o]ll, Sw. & Dan. stol, Goth. st[=o]ls, Lith. stalas a table, Russ. stol ; from the root of E. stand. [root]163. See {Stand}, and cf.… …
33Stool of repentance — Stool Stool, n. [AS. st[=o]l a seat; akin to OFries. & OS. st[=o]l, D. stoel, G. stuhl, OHG. stuol, Icel. st[=o]ll, Sw. & Dan. stol, Goth. st[=o]ls, Lith. stalas a table, Russ. stol ; from the root of E. stand. [root]163. See {Stand}, and cf.… …
34Stool pigeon — Stool Stool, n. [AS. st[=o]l a seat; akin to OFries. & OS. st[=o]l, D. stoel, G. stuhl, OHG. stuol, Icel. st[=o]ll, Sw. & Dan. stol, Goth. st[=o]ls, Lith. stalas a table, Russ. stol ; from the root of E. stand. [root]163. See {Stand}, and cf.… …
35stool pigeon — (USA) A stool pigeon is a police informer …
36stool pigeon — stool′ pi geon n. 1) a pigeon used as a decoy 2) sts Also called stool•ie [[t]ˈstu li[/t]] Slang. a person employed or acting as a decoy or informer, esp. for the police. • Etymology: 1820–30, amer …
37stool pigeon — ► NOUN 1) a police informer. 2) a person acting as a decoy. ORIGIN so named from the original use of a pigeon fixed to a stool as a decoy …
38stool of repentance — A place, esp in Scottish churches, where delinquents, esp fornicators, were exposed • • • Main Entry: ↑stool …
39stool pigeon — index informant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
40stool pigeon — stool ,pigeon noun count INFORMAL someone who gives information to the police about criminals …