SPITCHCOCK

PRONUNCIATION: (SPICH-kok)

MEANING: noun: An eel split, cut into pieces, and cooked.
verb tr.: To treat severely.

ETYMOLOGY: Of unknown origin. Earliest documented use: noun 1597, verb 1674. A close cousin is spatchcock, a bird with its spine removed flattened for cooking.
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SPITCHCORK - when the winebottle-cork has been crumbled by the corkscrew instead of being extracted

SITCHCOCK - when the rooster sits around all day instead of servicing the hens

STITCHCOCK - what the urologist does after surgery for Peyrone's Disease