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I have only ever heard that expression in the US (most frequently in NYC), never in Europe, where pigeon keeping and racing is still popular. See https://www.da

I have only ever heard that expression in the US (most frequently in NYC), never in Europe, where pigeon keeping and racing is still popular. See https://www.daviddegner.com/photography/fancy-pigeons/ https://www.daviddegner.com/photography/fancy-pigeons/ (cited here) for further evidence. We all know what Americans did to the Passenger Pigeon. A lot more than 5k vanished.

ramblerman 5y ago
Definitely considered flying rats here in European cities. Pigeon keeping/racing is popular, but still a small subset of the population. Also the pigeons in cities are generaly dirty, missing some appendage.