capon

Example Sentences

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It may have started with the cockentrice, a monstrosity made by stitching together the head and upper torso of a pig with a capon, found on feast menus from the fifteenth century.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2021

On second thought, this could be the year of the capon.

From Washington Post • Jan. 2, 2017

Mr Hoover once described his ouster Mr Roosevelt as a "chameleon in plaid" while FDR called his predecessor a "fat, timid capon".

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2016

There were blancmanges of lobster and capon; of pike, carp and haddock.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2015

One of the women had taken to sleeping in Weese's bed, and she got a piece of ripe blue cheese as well, and a wing off the capon that Weese had spoken of that morning.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin