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capon

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈkeɪpən/Part of speech nounSorted acnopStarts with CEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. castrated male chicken

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English capoun, from Old English capūn, from Old Northern French capon (Old French chapon), from Latin cāpō, cāpōnem (Vulgar Latin *cappō).

Used in a sentence

  • […] And then, the Iustice / In faire round belly, with good Capon lin'd,
  • […] You cannot feed capons so.
  • “With vegetables in it, you know. Then turbot with thick sauce, then ... roast beef; and mind it’s good. Yes, and capons, perhaps, and then sweets.”

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