fitch
noun
the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
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fitch
1 American
[fich]
/ fɪtʃ /
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fitchet
noun
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fitches
plural
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the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
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its fur, often dyed to imitate other furs.
Fitch
2
American
[fich]
/ fɪtʃ /
noun
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John, 1743–98, U.S. inventor: pioneer in development of the steamboat.
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(William) Clyde, 1865–1909, U.S. playwright.
fitch
British
/ fɪtʃ /
noun
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another name for polecat
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the fur of the polecat or ferret
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Etymology
Origin of fitch
1400–50; late Middle English fiche, feche, fuche polecat fur < Middle Dutch fisse, visse, vitsche polecat
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At Céline, in addition to the suede jumpsuit, Phoebe Philo offered slouchy leather pants with a color-block turtleneck and a pair of fur wrap coats, one beaver and the other fitch.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2012
With youth in mind, and to revive a market that dropped 40% in sales between 1947 and 1967, Kaplan branched out into inexpensive furs like mink paw, fitch and squirrel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Katy answered, knowing intuitively the feeling which had prompted this suggestion from her mother-in-law, who hastened to Helen's room with the rich sable she was to wear in place of the old fitch.
From Family Pride Or, Purified by Suffering by Mary Jane Holmes
Fairs are also held in Siberia, Russia and Germany for the distribution of fur skins as follows:— January: Frankfort-on-the-Oder Small collection of provincial produce, such as otter, fox, fitch and marten.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
She put out a most cordial and warm hand from her fitch muff, and her acquaintance noticed with pleasure the white knitted mitten that protected it from the weather.
From The Life of Nancy by Sarah Orne Jewett
It aims to offer an alternative viewpoint to the "big three" global credit ratings -- Fitch, Moody's and S&P -- which have been accused in the past of unfairly playing down African economies.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Moody’s rated the capital structure Ba1, or the highest “junk”-rated category, while S&P Global and Fitch gave it at BBB- rating, the lowest rung in the investment-grade category.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Fitch Ratings recently downgraded the project’s $1.2-billion senior bond to its negative watch list.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Fitch reduces 2026 urea price assumptions to reflect a recent decline in prices due to increasing Chinese exports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
He expected the good people of Fitch Ratings service to see the point, and maybe even chuckle nervously.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Mink, now, fitches a fancy price when you can catch 'em.
From Baby Pitcher's Trials Little Pitcher Stories by Carrie L. May
For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah by Alexander Maclaren
"Fitches are not threshed with a thresher, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod."
From Heathen Slaves and Christian Rulers by Elizabeth Wheeler Andrew
When lie hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah by Alexander Maclaren
The ornaments are usually done with stencil patterns, and the lines are done with straight edges and lining fitches.
From Paper and Printing Recipes A Handy Volume of Practical Recipes, Concerning the Every-Day Business of Stationers, Printers, Binders, and the Kindred Trades by J. Sawtelle Ford
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