capon

IPA: kˈeɪpɑn

noun

  • A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table.
  • A surname.

verb

  • (transitive) To castrate; to make a capon of.
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Examples of "capon" in Sentences

  • _ “Gallinacius/the capon is a gelded cocke/& because
  • They also house their extra females at these capon ranches.
  • The neutered rooster, called a capon, was also prized for its fat.
  • But the four paragraphs after that, where I went off like a capon, were taken word-for-word from Glenn Beck.
  • I rose to follow him, quickly running my tongue over my teeth to check for any bits of food—I was regretting the peppered capon from this morning.
  • I go to Tuscany, and cappelletti – pasta knots stuffed with cheese, capon and pork, served in a clear capon broth – come from Emilia-Romagna, where they're a Christmas treat.
  • The precipitous banks of red sandstone are richly clothed with vegetation, some of the trees ancient and very fine, especially the magnificent one called the capon tree, and the lofty king of the wood, remnants of the fine forests which at one time had covered the country.
  • The "guests", FBC, DIRTY STRAGGLER and whomsoever is available are doing whatever the late capon bourgeoisie do at a gathering for a holidaymaker mealtime: Greeting those they haversack't met in a few monthlies, looking at or taking photographers and unconsciously "consenting to exist" as a Romanian would say.

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