The unsmoked end of a cigarette or cigar.
1981, Tam Dalyell, New Scientist, 22nd Oct. issue, Fresh Air at Brighton, [http://books.google.ru/books?id=L4NTyHivbV8C&lpg=PA265&dq=%22spatchcocked%20into%22&pg=PA265#v=onepage&q&f=false page 265]
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(now, chiefly, India) The last remnant.
1981, Tam Dalyell, New Scientist, 22nd Oct. issue, Fresh Air at Brighton, [http://books.google.ru/books?id=L4NTyHivbV8C&lpg=PA265&dq=%22spatchcocked%20into%22&pg=PA265#v=onepage&q&f=false page 265]
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The frayed end of a length of cloth or rope.
: But spatchcocked into the proceedings at the fag-end of the morning was a crisp and useful debate on toxic substances.
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