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• n  a specific (often simplistic) category
• n  a small compartment
• v  place into a small compartment
• v  treat or classify according to a mental stereotype

• But shortly before his death, Khan was becoming one of the very few so-called world-music artists to transcend this pigeonhole: growing numbers of international listeners were .
• CONTROVERSIAL: Toymakers argue their dolls normalize disability, but some parents say they pigeonhole kids.
• Ever since May 1957, the bill to grant statehood to Alaska has been gathering dust in a House Rules Committee pigeonhole personally guarded by Rules Chairman Howard Smith.

• cubbyhole
• stereotype
• stamp

News & Articles

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• Australian Allure: The Music Of Gian Slater And Christopher Hale
  Trying to define or pigeonhole the music and artistry of vocalist Gian Slater and bassist Christopher Hale is an exercise in futility; in fact, reductive tags like "vocalist" and "bassist" don't even really do them justice.
  July 4, 2013 - All About Jazz
• Filmmaker Josh Boone Talks ‘The Fault In Our Stars’ And The Art Of Growing Up [Exclusive]
  Director-Writer Josh Boone has already leaped past expectations one might pigeonhole a new filmmaker to. For his first outing, he tells an emotionally earnest story about the awkwardly painful experience of growing up under the cloud of his parents’ messy relationship. The result of that is Stuck In Love, a rich romantic comedy that centers... Read more » Filmmaker Josh Boone Talks ‘The Fault In ...
  June 28, 2013 - The Inquisitr

Quotes

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• Elizabeth Banks in Baltimore Sun
  I'm pleased that Hollywood hasn't figured out how to pigeonhole me yet, and I think having these two movies come out at basically the same time is indicative of that,Banks, 34, said in an interview at the Toronto International Film Festival,...
• Tarek Fatah in Canada.com
  Fatah said he fears the show will only serve to "pigeonhole Muslims as not more than a group that prays and preaches."
• Mike Mayock in Winnipeg Free Press
  What I like about him is that I think he can play two positions for you. I'm not going to pigeonhole him into the fullback thing,NFL Network draft analyst Mike Mayock said. "He could play some fullback for you if you needed him to because...