malicapata
The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 21 Jan 2003
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Fernando Q. Gouvea — 21 Jan 2003, 04:06

Hmmm... a "capon" is a castrated male chicken, from a Latin root that means
"to cut", I think. So "badly cut"?

Fernando

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