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Capon   /kˈeɪpˌɑn/   Listen
Capon

noun
1.
Flesh of a castrated male chicken.
2.
Castrated male chicken.



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"Capon" Quotes from Famous Books



... mistress' eye-brow. Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the Justice, In fair round belly with good capon lined,— With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slippered pantaloon, With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side; His youthful hose, well saved, a world too ...
— Elson Grammer School Literature, Book Four. • William H. Elson and Christine Keck


Words linked to "Capon" :   caponize, volaille, poulet, chicken, Gallus gallus


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