pigeonwing

plural pigeonwings

1. A wing of a pigeon, or a wing like it.
2. An old style of dressing men's side hair in a form resembling a pigeon's wings; or a wig of similar shape.
3. A fancy dance step executed by jumping and striking the legs together.

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   In a corner sat Nathan; serious, dignified, scraping out a monotonous but rhythmic minor strain to which two young negroes from the lower quarters—famous dancers—were keeping time in marvelous shuffling and pigeon-wings; twisting their supple joints into astonishing contortions and the sweat rolling from their black visages.

   1890, Kate Chopin, At Fault, Part 2/Chapter 4

4. A certain fancy figure in skating.
5. temperingA color, brown shaded with purple, coming between dark brown and light blue in the table of colors in drawing the temper of hardened steel.