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spitchcocks

spitchcocks is the plural of spitchcock.

Meaning of spitchcock

Noun

spitchcock (plural spitchcocks)

  1. (obsolete) A method of cooking an eel (or occasionally some other fish) by splitting it along the back, cutting it into pieces, and broiling or frying it.
  2. (archaic, broadly, obsolete) An eel (or other fish) prepared in this way.

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Questions about spitchcocks

What is spitchcocks the plural of?
Spitchcocks is the plural of spitchcock.

Words near spitchcocks in the dictionary

  1. spitbug
  2. spitbugs
  3. spitchcock
  4. spitchcocked
  5. spitchcocking
  6. spitchcocks
  7. spitcher
  8. spitchered
  9. spitchering
  10. spitchers
  11. spitcup

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