capon
Example Sentences
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From the Renaissance up to the late nineteenth century, one finds many cookbooks that suggest covering boiled meat, especially poultry such as duck or capon, with macaroni or filled pasta.
From Salon • Jan. 4, 2023
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
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