subs. phr. (GROSE).—1. ‘A fowl killed, dressed, and broiled at short notice’; SUDDEN DEATH (West Indies).
2. (military).—To insert hurriedly; to SANDWICH (q.v.).
1901. SIR R. BULLER, Speech [Times, 11 Oct., 10, 2]. I therefore SPATCHCOCKED into the middle of that telegram a sentence in which I suggested it would be necessary to surrender.
