capon
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On second thought, this could be the year of the capon.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 2, 2017
There were blancmanges of lobster and capon; of pike, carp and haddock.
From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2015
Bill occupied the kitchen, and invariably cooked a turkey at Thanksgiving and a capon at Christmas.
From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2013
Sixty-nine dignitaries enjoyed a lavish spread featuring 12 courses, including eggs stuffed with foie gras, turtle soup and Sussex capon.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2012
He stared down at the remains of his supper, his belly roiling at the sight of the cold greasy capon.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
“Isn’t it strange that the only people who eat capons are sixteenth-century courtiers and twenty-first-century Brooklyn hipsters?” a publisher in his thirties, at the Susan B. Anthony setting, observed as he chewed.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 21, 2018
The reburial of Richard's father was accompanied by three sung masses and a banquet where guests dined on capons, cygnets, herons and rabbits.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2013
The great cartoon fowls — Daffy Duck above all, of course, but also Donald and Daisy and Foghorn Leghorn and Henery Hawk — were capering capons safe from human predation.
From Time ● Oct. 31, 2013
Meanwhile, the years of superstardom were limited, because castrati tended to age badly: "Most of them become as big and fat as capons, with round and chubby hips, rumps, arms and throats."
From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2009
There were lamprey pies, capons glazed with honey, a whiskerfish from the bottom of the Greenblood that was so big it took four serving men to carry it to table.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
