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† cappaˈdochio Obs. Also caperdewsie, -dochy, q.v. [Nares suggested ‘a corruption of Cappadocia’, of which country ‘the king, says Horace, was rich in slaves, but had little money’. But this reason seems far-fetched.] ‘A cant name for prison’ (Nares); perhaps rather, the stocks.
1607W. S. Puritan in Supp. Shaks. II. 510 (N.) How, captain Idle? my old aunts son, my dear kinsman, in Cappadochio? |