Word to the Wise: Cap-a-Pie

"Cap-a-pie" (cap-uh-PEE) - from the French - means "head-to-toe."

Example (as used by Arnold Beichman in the Washington Times): "In another age, there would have been beheadings, clanging prison doors in the dark Tower; there would have been a second royal court with an army preparing to do battle, prancing steeds and knights armored cap-a-pie."

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