spatch

She gives us words such as “spilth,” “spelth,” “splints,” “spiles,” and “spatch.”

Djuna Barnes greenintegerblog 2008

There's some awfully funny people on this friends list -- I'm looking at you, chuck_lw, maryrobinette, shelly_rae, spatch, and theclownhunt in particular.

Cat Rambo catrambo 2007

When my angelheart Eric pointed out the dish, not only was I keen to try another version of spatch-cocked chicken that is to say, a whole chicken flattened once its backbone has been removed, which cuts down on cooking time, but I was also intrigued by the notion of a Pollo alla Diavola that didn't only rely on dried red peppers and black pepper as its seasoning condimento.

Archive 2007-09-01 Shaun 2007

As the thirsty men quaffed huge quantities of drink and boasted about their day's efforts, Justinus and I, each gnawing rather daintily on pieces of spatch-cocked grilled game, were led off looking sheepish so we could meet the man in charge.

Two For The Lions Davis, Lindsey 1998

"No one's bin heah, seh, 'cep de boy wid dis' spatch," he hastened to say.

In Her Own Right John Reed Scott

"You'd keep the hen and have it spatch-cocked," said Grubb.

The War in the Air 1906

I am hungry enough to be interested even in minced mule and spatch-cocked locusts, after all this.

The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897

Safe out and come again; no getting away under pretence of foreign service; no excuse for not marrying by any cruel pictures of the colonies, where they make spatch-cocks of the officers 'wives and scrape their infant families to death with a small tooth-comb.

Charles O'Malley — Volume 2 Charles James Lever 1839

The whist was resumed; the boxers, now refreshed by a leg of the spatch-cock, returned to their gloves; Mr. Moore took up his violin; Mr. Webber his French horn; and I was left the only unemployed man in the company.

Charles O'Malley — Volume 1 Charles James Lever 1839

Then came the spatch-cock, and the sandwiches, and the negus, which Fanny first mixed for papa, and subsequently, with some little pressing, for Mr. Burton; Matilda the romantic assisted _me_; Sparks helped himself.

Charles O'Malley — Volume 1 Charles James Lever 1839