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popes' noses

popes' noses is the plural of pope's nose.

Meaning of pope's nose

Noun

pope's nose (plural popes' noses)

  1. (idiomatic) The tail end piece of a cooked fowl (chicken, turkey etc.).
    • He took heart and began to mend immediately; and gobbled up all the jelly, and picked the last bone of the chicken—drumsticks, merry-thought, sides’-bones, back, pope’s nose, and all.1855, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 7, in The Rose and the Ring

Questions about popes' noses

What is popes' noses the plural of?
Popes' noses is the plural of pope's nose.

Words near popes' noses in the dictionary

  1. poperetta
  2. poperettas
  3. poperies
  4. popery
  5. popes
  6. popes' noses
  7. Popescu
  8. Popescus
  9. popeship
  10. popeships
  11. popess

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