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\ ˈflich 
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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
Examples of flitch in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web In China, the wood is sold from warehouses in ports on the coast and on the Yangtze River to furniture makers farther inland who turn flitches into fancy furnishings.
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Carlos Duarte, National Geographic, "The fight to protect the world’s most trafficked wild commodity," 16 Aug. 2019 On a routine patrol a few months earlier, a forest ranger had discovered a pile of flitches waiting for pick-up in a clearing between the woods and the access road.
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Carlos Duarte, National Geographic, "The fight to protect the world’s most trafficked wild commodity," 16 Aug. 2019 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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Anne Kniggendorf, kansascity.com, "New Crossroads business turns salvaged, infested KC trees into gorgeous furniture," 15 May 2017
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