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.
1607. W. S., Puritan, in Supp. Shaks., II. 510 (N.). How, captain Idle? my old aunts son, my dear kinsman, in Cappadochio?
