caponesque
Collocations
5ADJ.
ambivalent, best, chubby, rival, short
VERB + CAPONESQUE
issues, manage, using
CAPONESQUE + NOUN
andrew, cent, friend, methods, terrorism
PREP.
in, per, with, with
ADV.
morally, only, really
Definitions
adj
Having a similarity to Al Capone.
[…] it seems that Bimbo had accused Nickolas of using Caponesque methods in an effort to usurp his kingdom, which included some 300,000 subjects in the United States at the time.
[…] a Caponesque terrorism with a tawdry kind of glamour, a meretricious appeal.
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Caponesque.
Equally wonderful is Doris Day as the virgin next door, Thelma Ritter as the sarcastic maid, and Tony Randall as the caponesque best friend/rival.
All of Shakespeare, naturally, especially because the most brilliant of our teachers was a short, chubby man—caponesque, really—named Andrew Chiappe, whose intense lectures, punctuated by his blazing readings from the texts, were utterly thrilling.
adj
Like a capon.
They manage only a caponesque 16 per cent of the natives 'breeding rate; and, lacking a home river, they have no instinct to return to it.
The chickenesque youth led to caponesque youth, akin to a plantation or a quasi-plantation.
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6[…] it seems that Bimbo had accused Nickolas of using Caponesque methods in an effort to usurp his kingdom, which included some 300,000 subjects in the United States at the time.
Wiktionary[…] a Caponesque terrorism with a tawdry kind of glamour, a meretricious appeal.
WiktionaryIt is fair to say that those drawn to the paramilitaries shared a mixture of some or all of these characteristics: idealism, initiative, thrill-seeking, bravery, an urge to emulate their forebears, ru
WiktionaryEqually wonderful is Doris Day as the virgin next door, Thelma Ritter as the sarcastic maid, and Tony Randall as the caponesque best friend/rival.
WiktionaryAll of Shakespeare, naturally, especially because the most brilliant of our teachers was a short, chubby man—caponesque, really—named Andrew Chiappe, whose intense lectures, punctuated by his blazing
WiktionaryThank you Professor Allan. Absolutely nails the issues with this caponesque, morally ambivalent, strutting UN wannabee.
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