Unlocking History Concept uri
https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/50
Preferred label
capon
Alternative label
billet-doux; poulet; love letter
Scope note
A kind of chicken (a castrated cockerel), but used metaphorically by Shakespeare and others to refer to a love-letter about to be opened as if it were a cooked chicken about to be carved.
Top concept
conceptual objects
https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/610
Broader/Parent concept
conceptual objects
https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/610
Related concept
break up
https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/47
The Arts & Architecture ThesaurusⓇ Online, The Getty Research Institute. Concept uri
Not in AAT
The Language of Bindings Thesaurus (LoB) Concept uri
Not in LoB
Scope note source reference
Source
Jana Dambrogio and Daniel Starza Smith with the Unlocking History Research Group. Letterlocking: The Hidden History of the Letter. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2025.
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