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.
- 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. . . .