capon

Example Sentences

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For her 117th birthday, she ate foie gras, roasted capon, cheese and a dessert similar to a baked alaska.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2023

On second thought, this could be the year of the capon.

From Washington Post • Jan. 2, 2017

Tell her you want her to know now that a capon will do for her Thanksgiving because the rest of you will be enjoying the turkey elsewhere, thankful you’re out of grandma’s sight.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 2015

Bill occupied the kitchen, and invariably cooked a turkey at Thanksgiving and a capon at Christmas.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2013

There was hot bread and fresh-churned butter, a thick beef soup, capon and carrots, and peaches in honey.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin