Usually means: Eel, split and grilled delicacy.
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  1. spitchcock: Merriam-Webster
  2. spitchcock: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. spitchcock: Collins English Dictionary
  4. spitchcock: Wordnik
  5. spitchcock: Wiktionary
  6. spitchcock: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Spitchcock, spitchcock: Dictionary.com
  8. Spitchcock: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. spitchcock: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Spitchcock: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. spitchcock: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. spitchcock: FreeDictionary.org
  13. spitchcock: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (spitchcock)

noun:  (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.
noun:  (by extension, archaic or obsolete) An eel (or other fish) prepared in this way.
verb:  (transitive, cooking, archaic or obsolete) To cook (an eel, or occasionally some other fish) by splitting it along the back, cutting it into pieces, and broiling or frying it.

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