fitch
noun
the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
fitch
1 American
[fich]
/ fɪtʃ /
Also
fitchet
noun
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
/ ˈfɪtʃɪt, fɪtʃ /
noun
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another name for polecat
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the fur of the polecat or ferret
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of fitch
1400–50; late Middle English fiche, feche, fuche polecat fur < Middle Dutch fisse, visse, vitsche polecat
Example Sentences
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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
In fact, furriers are using everything short of their own hides � Russian fitch, French rabbit, Algerian sand rat, Polish pony, Australian kangaroo and Wyoming buffalo.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
The Carnivora include bears, wolverines, wolves, raccoons, foxes, sables, martens, skunks, kolinskis, fitch, fishers, ermines, cats, sea otters, fur seals, hair seals, lions, tigers, leopards, lynxes, jackals, &c.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
They wuldn’t fitch the worth ov dhrinks apaice.”
From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne
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