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spatchcocking Definition


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spatchcock
noun
    1. A chicken or game bird that has been split down the back, opened out and grilled flat.
verb spatchcocked, spatchcocking
    1. To cook (a chicken, etc) in this way.
    2. To slot in (a word, phrase, story, etc), especially inappropriately or incongruously. Compare spitchcock.
Etymology: 18c.



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