1The egg of a pigeon.
2(figurative) something very small or insignificant.
3(Now chiefly historical) a bead of Venetian glass about the size and shape of a pigeon's egg.
Late 16th century; earliest use found in William Shakespeare (1564–1616), playwright and poet.
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