fletcherized

Verb

fletcherize (third-person singular simple present fletcherizes, present participle fletcherizing, simple past and past participle fletcherized)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To thoroughly chew (dozens or hundreds of times) before swallowing.
   • If you have learned to chew your food, continue to fletcherize, be enthusiastic about it.1909 September 24, J. H. Kellogg, “Tobacco Deadly Poison in Any and All Doses”, in The Battle Creek Idea, volume II, number 42, Battle Creek, Michigan, page 2
2. (broadly, figuratively) To consume, to devour, to bite, to chew over.
   • Annette Fletcherized large numbers of romantic novels which she obtained at a free public library branch (donated by one of the biggest caliphs in the business).1910, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “(please specify the story)”, in Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC