Clay Pigeon

Clay pigeon may refer to

  • the target of the sport of clay pigeon shooting
  • Clay pigeon floor procedure, a strategy used in the U.S. Senate
  • The Clay Pigeon, a 1949 film noir
  • Clay Pigeons, a 1998 film

Famous quotes containing the words clay and/or pigeon:

    “Was it for this the clay grew tall?
    MO what made fatuous sunbeams toil
    To break earth’s sleep at all?”
    —Wilfred Owen (1893–1918)

    “They wait, each like a wooden decoy
    or soft like a pigeon or
    a sweet snug duck:
    until one moves, moves that dart-beak
    breaking over.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)