DCHP-3

deacon's nose

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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— Slang

the broad lobe of a chicken, turkey, etc. which corresponds to a mammal's tail and which serves as a base for the tail-feathers; the pope's nose.

Quotations

1855
"Mr. Slick, what part shall I help you to--a slice of the breast, a wing, a side-bone, or the deacon's nose, or what?" Everybody laughs at that last word, especially if there is a deacon at table. . . .