capote
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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capote (kəˈpəʊt, French kapɔt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a long cloak or soldier's coat, usually with a hood | |
| [C19: from French: cloak, from cape; see | |
| Capote (kəˈpəʊtɪ) | |
| —n | |
| Truman. 1924--84, US writer; his novels include Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948) and In Cold Blood (1964), based on an actual multiple murder | |
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Word Origin & History
capote
"long cloak with a hood," 1812, from Fr. capote, fem. of capot (17c.), dim. of cape (see cape (1)).
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Capote worked ten hours a day, seven days a week, twelve months a year for the same seventy-five cents a day.
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