Cant. [prob. a dialectal variant of FLITCH v.] trans. To cut.
1677. Coles, Flick, to cut.
1750. Apol. Life Bampfylde-M. Carew, 338. Flick me some panam and cassan; cut me some bread and cheese.
1785. Grose, Dict. Vulg. Tongue, Flick the peter, cut off the cloak bag, or portmanteau.
1815. Scott, Guy M., xxviii. One of them, observing Meg was still fast asleep, or appeared to be so, desired one of the lads ‘to hand in the black Peter, that they might flick it open.’
1837. Disraeli, Venetia, xiv. Flick the panam. Note: cut the bread.
