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spatchcock

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˈspæt͡ʃkɒk/Part of speech verb, nounSorted accchkopstStarts with SEnds with K0 clues
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Definitions

  1. interpolate or insert (words) into a sentence or story

Word origin

A derivation from (di)spatch (“to dispose of speedily; to make a speedy end of”) + cock is now thought to be unlikely.

Used in a sentence

  • Spatch cock, abbreviation of a diſpatch cock, an Iriſh diſh upon any ſudden occaſion. It is a hen juſt killed from the rooſt, or yard, and immediately ſkinned, ſplit, and broiled.
  • For the party, he spatchcocked and grilled some chickens.
  • Katniss [Everdeen] emerges alone, smeared in blood and muck and gnawing on the charred remains of a spatchcocked squirrel.

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