Meaning of sudden death | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An instantaneous, unexpected death not caused by violence or trauma.
   countable
2. A period or mode of play in which the next player or team to score wins instantly; often in an extra period of time following a tie at the end of the regular period of play.
   countable, uncountable
3. A meal of a chicken freshly slaughtered and spatchcocked.
   India, countable, historical, slang, uncountable
4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sudden, death.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“An old sinner, in shape of a khansamah, is the genius of the place, and has rarely aught else to tempt the tired traveller with than a “sudden death”—a fowl caught running in the yard, and dished up forthwith; […]”

“Our next dish is one which has shown no signs of scarcity since we reached India, — the ever present chicken, or “sudden death,” as it is called here, from the Anglo-Indian custom of cooking a fowl that has been running about the garden half an hour before.”

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