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

Mr Hoover once described his ouster Mr Roosevelt as a "chameleon in plaid" while FDR called his predecessor a "fat, timid capon".

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2016

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

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2013

He ate little, Hotah observed: a spoon of soup, a bite of the pepper, the leg off a capon, some fish.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin