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flitch

Meaningside of bacon

Common meaning: side of cured pork

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishflicce‘side of bacon’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishflicchesource
  3. Englishflitch‘side of cured pork’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Old English flicce ‘side of bacon’.

Roots

  • flicce Old English “side of bacon”

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