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Definition: (adjective) unenthusiastic, routine, or mechanical.
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flitch  audio  (flch) KEY 

NOUN:
  1. A salted and cured side of bacon.
  2. A longitudinal cut from the trunk of a tree.
  3. One of several planks secured together to form a single beam.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English flicche, from Old English flicce


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