Obs. rare1. App. an arbitrary extension of flick, FLITCH (for rhyme).
1546. J. Heywood, Prov. (1562), I ij.
| And where ye spend much though ye spent but lickell, | |
| Yet littell and littell the cat eateth the flickell. |
Obs. rare1. App. an arbitrary extension of flick, FLITCH (for rhyme).
1546. J. Heywood, Prov. (1562), I ij.
| And where ye spend much though ye spent but lickell, | |
| Yet littell and littell the cat eateth the flickell. |