spatchcock
noun/ˈspætʃkɒk/
/ˈspætʃkɑːk/
- a chicken or other bird that is cut open and cooked under a strong heatWord Originlate 18th cent. (originally an Irish usage): perhaps related to the noun dispatch + cock.
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