Sentence example with the word 'flitch'

flitch

Definition n. fish steak usually cut from a halibut

Last update: August 3, 2015


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Is the village of Little Dunmow, formerly the seat of a priory, remarkable for the custom of presenting a flitch of bacon to any couple who could give proof that they had spent the first year of married life in perfect harmony, and had never at any moment wished they had tarried.   [Please select]

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"Well, here is the flitch," said the rich brother, "and now go straight to Hell."   [Please select]

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"What I have given my word to do, I must stick to," said the other; so he took the flitch and set off.   [Please select]

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So the man with the flitch thanked the other for his good advice, and gave a great knock at the Devil's door.   [Please select]

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