Associations to the word «Spitchcock»

Noun

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Wiktionary

SPITCHCOCK, verb. To split an eel along the back and then broil it.
SPITCHCOCK, noun. Eel prepared by spitchcocking.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats