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Stars & Bars

horizontal bars

leather bars

leather jacket

bomber jacket

bomber aircraft

aircraft carrier

Carrier pidgeon

Passenger pigeon

pigeon hole

clay pigeon

(Shoot! The more I type “pigeon,” the weirder it looks without the “d.”)

clay tile
Burpo: maybe you keep thinking of pidgin

Cassios Clay

clay feet

iambic feet

iambic pentameter

Or this guy: Walter Pidgeon - Wikipedia

In play:

iambic key

Key West

Jerry West

Adam West