flitch
- noun
- /flɪtʃ/
- Archaic
- The chef prepared a large flitch of bacon for the breakfast menu.
Examples
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The other locals not locked in the keep basement had all gone over the walls or out the latrine postern as soon as the hill tribes had risen, taking flitches of bacon, tableware, and tapestries, whatever they could lay hands on in lieu of wages.
Fiction book (1999) -
Which is today's article is the Flitch of Bacon Custom.
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From your calculations, relate the heat balance to global climate over these 10 Ma flitches.
Blog text (30) -
A flitch?
Fiction book (1994) -
We bought a flitch of smoked salmon for the dinner party.
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She sliced the flitch of beef and served it with vegetables.
Synonyms
A thick slice of meat, usually beef, that people cook to eat
A boneless piece of meat or fish prepared for cooking
A large salted piece of pork from a pig's side, often smoked and sliced
A slice of fish without bones cut lengthwise for cooking
A strip of meat like bacon used for food
A thick slice of a large fish cut across the body to cook and eat
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Etymology
Flitch probably comes from an old word meaning 'side' or 'slice', used for a whole side of meat such as bacon. So a flitch today is a large cut or side of meat ready for cooking.