flitch
noun
the side of a hog (or, formerly, some other animal) salted and cured.
flitches
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present tense formof flitch (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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They went; and Mamsell Westphalen sat alone in her sadness under her flitches of bacon and hams and sausages.
From In the Year '13 A Tale of Mecklenburg Life by Fritz Reuter
In the hurry and excitement of the moment, it was not likely the lad should give a thought to the flitches of fish.
From The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea by Mayne Reid
Besides what the chest contained there had been some loose flitches of the dried fish lying about upon the raft.
From The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea by Mayne Reid
When two flitches are to be cured, divide the hog, cut off the hams, and take out the chine.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton
A brooding odour of disease filled the gaunt, wide-raftered room, infected the shadowy hanging flitches, and grew stronger and more sickly towards the staircase at the farther end.
From Sophia A Romance by Stanley John Weyman
