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capriole
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“Beneath her wrinkly exterior lies a complexity not often found in such a young cheese,” reads Capriole’s description of the Wabash Cannonball, a popular, prizewinning cheese named for the folk song about a fictional train sung by Johnny Cash.
If you work hard enough, eventually you’ll be able to get a horse to jump into the air or stand on its hind legs, although the beauty of these moves will be dampened by the fact that you’ll refer to them as “capriole” and “levade” and everyone will think you’re a pretentious jerk.
Capriole, kap′ri-ōl, n. a caper: a leap without advancing.—v.i. to leap: to caper.
That would have to go to restaurateur John Capriole who named his sandwich shop Dharma Buns Sandwich Co. after Kerouac's novel "The Dharma Bums."
Into the depths of these forests we were to penetrate in pursuit of our game, and finer covers to be stocked with cingale and capriole, or bolder scenery for the theatre of our sylvan sport, can scarcely be imagined.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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