Rasher vs Flitch - What's the difference?
rasher | flitch |
(rash)
A strip of bacon.
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* 1913 , D.H. Lawrence,
The side of an animal, now only a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon.
*2002 , Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea , Vintage 2003, p. 95:
*:The following morning before Nicholas awoke, Mulvey walked all the way to the village of Letterfrack, returning with a basket of cabbages and a flitch of bacon, two loaves of fresh bread and a plump broiling chicken.
As nouns the difference between rasher and flitch
is that rasher is a strip of bacon while flitch is the side of an animal, now only a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon.As an adjective rasher
is (rash).rasher
English
Adjective
(head)Noun
(en noun)citation, genre= , publisher=Wikisource , isbn= , page= , passage=He received us in his quietly genial fashion, ordered fresh rashers and eggs, and joined us in a hearty meal. }}
- He toasted his bacon on a fork and caught the drops of fat on his bread; then he put the rasher on his thick slice of bread, and cut off chunks with a clasp-knife, poured his tea into his saucer, and was happy.
