A hen is not a cock.



(must be a city man...)



Robert Klute wrote:

>
> Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, by Francis Grose (1731-1791)
> First published in 1785, reprinted in 1811. This is from the 1811
> edition (courtesy of Project Gutenberg)
>
> SPATCH COCK. [Abbreviation of DISPATCH COCK.] A hen just
> killed from the roost, or yard, and immediately skinned,
> split, and broiled: an Irish dish upon any sudden occasion.


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