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PARSON'S NOSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does parson's nose mean? 

PARSON'S NOSE (noun)
  The noun PARSON'S NOSE has 1 sense:

1. the tail of a dressed fowlplay

  Familiarity information: PARSON'S NOSE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PARSON'S NOSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The tail of a dressed fowl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

parson's nose; pope's nose

Hypernyms ("parson's nose" is a kind of...):

helping; portion; serving (an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal)

Holonyms ("parson's nose" is a part of...):

bird; fowl (the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food)


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