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CLAY PIGEON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does clay pigeon mean?
• CLAY PIGEON (noun)
The noun CLAY PIGEON has 1 sense:
1. target used in skeet or trapshooting
Familiarity information: CLAY PIGEON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Target used in skeet or trapshooting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("clay pigeon" is a kind of...):
butt; target (sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at)
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