pope's nose

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pope's nose

noun popes' noses

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.
Similar: bishop's nose, parson's nose, pygostyle, sultan's nose

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noun tail piece

Español	rabadilla del pollo, chunchucuyo
日本語	ぼんぼち bonbochi
Italiano	boccone del prete, mitra

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@misc{pope_s_nose_2026,
  title = {pope's nose},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pope's%20nose},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}