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spatchcock, v.|ˈspætʃkɒk|
[f. prec.]
1. trans. To cook as, or in the manner of, a spatchcock. Hence ˈspatchcocked ppl. a.
1865Pall Mall G. 2 Aug. 3 Those who have never eaten spatchcocked grouse can hardly be said to know the real flavour of the bird. 1879Mrs. A. G. F. E. James Ind. Househ. Managem. 34 You sit down..to your fowl—spatch-cocked of course, that being the natives' favourite way of dressing the tempting dish. 1890Queen 11 Jan. 68/3 To split a fowl in two and serve one half à la Marengo, and the other half the next day either spatchcocked with mushrooms, or in any other approved fashion.
2. To insert, interpolate, or sandwich (a phrase, sentence, etc.). Const. in or into.
1901Gen. Buller in Times 11 Oct. 10/2, I therefore spatchcocked into the middle of that telegram a sentence in which [etc.]. 1901Daily Chron. 18 Oct. 3/4 Such indifferent performances as ‘Catriona’—indifferent in spite of the fine short story ‘spatchcock'd’ into it. 1903Mahaffy in Cal. St. P., Irel. Introd. 12 We read phrases of apparent sincere religious fervour spatchcocked in between these bloodthirsty expressions.
b. To add to, or modify, by interpolation.
1901Daily Chron. 24 Oct. 5/6 They knew of the spatch⁓cocked telegram then. 1901Speaker 16 Nov. 190/1 Generals spatchcock telegrams and receive dismissal. |