caporal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

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"[T]he seats were uncomfortable, the place was crowded, the air thick with caporal horrible to breathe, but in their young enthusiasm they were indifferent."
"She had been sitting there for nearly an hour and a half, and during that time she had drunk two glasses of black coffee, smoked six caporal cigarettes and read the week's Candide."

Etymology tree Italian caporalebor. French caporalbor. English caporal Borrowed from French caporal.

Wiktionary places this term in Military.

caporals (plural)

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