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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
capot .
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Examples
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Time was — time is — and, if I catch it not by the forelock as it passes, time will be no more — Nettlewood will be forfeited — and if I have in addition a lawsuit for my title, and for Oakendale, I run a risk of being altogether capotted.
Saint Ronan's Well 2008
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I could not count a single point: so had been piqued and repiqued, and capotted to the devil.
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I could not count a single point: so had been piqued and repiqued, and capotted to the devil.
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Time was -- time is -- and, if I catch it not by the forelock as it passes, time will be no more -- Nettlewood will be forfeited -- and if I have in addition a lawsuit for my title, and for Oakendale, I run a risk of being altogether capotted.
St. Ronan's Well Walter Scott 1801
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“I have done him!” he said, exultingly, yet in a tone of voice lowered almost to a whisper; “capotted his lordship for this bout — doubled my capital, Mick, and something more. —
Saint Ronan's Well 2008
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"I have done him!" he said, exultingly, yet in a tone of voice lowered almost to a whisper; "capotted his lordship for this bout -- doubled my capital, Mick, and something more.
St. Ronan's Well Walter Scott 1801
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