Found at <http://www.infi.net/~rvance/esofword.html>
while looking for something else...
posted by Phil Glanville, glanv@soton.ac.uk
--Bill
Spatchcock - ESoF HAT TRICK.
Literally, a foul killed, prepared and cooked immediately; by extension,
a hastily constructed argument. Synonymous with, but more beautiful than,
the common or garden 'cobble together'. cf SPATCHCOCK regarding eel.
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