spatch·cock
ˈspachˌkäk
plural -s
: a fowl split and grilled usually immediately after being killed and dressed
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-ed/-ing/-s
1
: to prepare (as a fowl) for eating as or as if a spatchcock
2
: to introduce by or as if by interpolation or insertion
task of attempting to spatchcock the new evidence into an existing framework—
Times Literary Supplement
Times Literary Supplementall the random majesty of the place appeared spatchcocked, rectified, and jumbled—John Cheever
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“Spatchcock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spatchcock. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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