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The flank or side of an animal, now almost exclusively a pig when cured and saltedThe flank or side of an animal, now almost exclusively a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon.
/flɪtʃ/
Meaning
2 sensesThe flank or side of an animal, now almost exclusively a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon.
salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of pork
A piece or strip cut off of something else, generally a piece of wood (timber).
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English flicche, from Old English fliċċe (“side of an animal, flitch”), from PFrom Middle English flicche, from Old English fliċċe (“side of an animal, flitch”), from Proto-Germanic *flikkiją (“side, flitch”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁ḱ- (“to tear, peel off”). Cognate with Low German flikke, French flèche, Icelandic flikki (“flitch”), Middle Low German vlicke.
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