pope's nose

American  

noun

Slang.

1. the fleshy protuberance at the posterior end of a dressed fowl, especially the tailpiece of a cooked chicken.

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pope's nose British  

noun

1. another name for parson's nose

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Etymology

Origin of pope's nose

First recorded in 1740–50

Example Sentences

Mr Dedalus rooted with the carvers at the end of the dish and said: —There's a tasty bit here we call the pope's nose.

From A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by Joyce, James

The "pope's nose" and the skin generally was freed from meat and grease by scraping with a knife and rubbing with the meal.

From Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned by Seton, Ernest Thompson

"Yours," replied Diana meekly, "but I had thought that some edible portion besides the pope's nose and the neck ought to be left on them."

From The Enchanted Canyon by Morrow, Honoré