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Definition of flitch
1 : a side of cured meat; especially : a side of bacon
2 : a longitudinal section of a log
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Madison is a family name — his great-grandfather’s name and Pryor’s middle name — and flitch is the Old English word for a wood slab.
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Origin and Etymology of flitch
Middle English flicche, from Old English flicce; akin to Old High German fleisk flesh — more at flesh
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