recorder’s nose, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

recorder’s nose n.

[unlike the usual refs. to clergyman, this phr. depends on the Recorder, a legal official appointed by the Mayor and aldermen of London as the guardian of the City’s customs and of their own legal proceedings; thus ? an underlying ref. to alderman n. (1)]

the rump of a chicken, duck, goose or other poultry.

1826

C.M. Westmacott Eng. Spy II 112: Yes, ma’am, always happy to help the ladies to a tit bit: shall I send you the recorder’s nose?