capon
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
Origin of capon
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How to use capon in a sentence
If life has such a thing as an apotheosis, it surely involves truffled capon.
After office home to dinner, where come in my cozen Snow by chance, and I had a very good capon to dinner.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel PepysThis, while it may have helped that "belly with fat capon lined," has kept him at peace with himself and the world.
Lincolniana | Andrew AdderupThe so-called capon made a sound like that of a childs drum when it falls to the ground.
Brother Jacques (Novels of Paul de Kock, Volume XVII) | Charles Paul de KockThe mayor opened the door, and called the notary, who was dining with him, to come and pass judgment on the capon.
Brother Jacques (Novels of Paul de Kock, Volume XVII) | Charles Paul de Kock
During the repast the girl scarcely spoke; the capon she hardly touched; the claret she merely sipped.
Under the Rose | Frederic Stewart Isham
British Dictionary definitions for capon
/ (ˈkeɪpən) /
a castrated cock fowl fattened for eating
Origin of capon
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