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The phrase "a capo" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in music to refer to a device that clamps down on the strings of a guitar or other stringed instrument to raise the pitch.
Example: "To play the song in a higher key, place a capo on the second fret."
Alternatives: "capo device" or "capo clamp".
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His primary informer was Gregory Scarpa, a capo.
"You make your bones, and you're loyal to a capo.
A capo, called the mozetta, was placed on the shoulders of each prince by assistants.
If nothing else, it shows Weintraub as a Hollywood made man, a capo among capos.
Investigators first focused on the killing of Nicholas Grancio, a capo in the Colombo family.
Egyptian soccer fans known as Ultras are well organized — disciplined, tough young kids under a capo system.
That's violence cubed.Such multiplying violence tends to temper any jubilation over the capture of a capo in Mexico.
He returned to Brooklyn and the mob, becoming a protégé of Paul Vario, a capo in the Luchese organization.
His informer was Gregory Scarpa Sr., proprietor of the Wimpy Boys Social Club and a capo in the family.
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James A. Capo, the alliance's chairman, said that came to $10 an hour, on top of what he said were already generous wages.
James A. Capo, the alliance's chairman, said the royalty payments amounted to $10 an hour on top of what he said were already generous wages.
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