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capon
noun as in chicken
noun as in cock
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In Scotland, the Capon Tree in the Scottish Borders is one of the few trees left from the Jedforest woodland, which was cut down to provide timber for shipbuilding.
Station commander Dan Capon, who was at the scene, said: "Firefighters worked through the night to ensure the scene was safe and evacuated a number of people from surrounding buildings."
For her 117th birthday, she ate foie gras, roasted capon, cheese and a dessert similar to a baked alaska.
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.
The textbook used in that course, Brian Capon’s “Botany for Gardeners: An Introduction to the Science of Plants,” has sold more than 260,000 copies since it was published in 1990.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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