Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variant of
fitchew .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The European polecat (
Putorius fœtidus ). Seepolecat .
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- noun obsolete The
fitchew , orpolecat .
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Examples
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It's a French corruption — fitchet — of the Dutch wordvissewhich means — "nasty."
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Geronimo's a few weeks before when he rushed up to him to show his hunting spoils, a fitchet and several birds which he had killed with his pretty little cross-bow, a gift from Dona Magdalena.
Barbara Blomberg — Volume 09 Georg Ebers 1867
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Geronimo's a few weeks before when he rushed up to him to show his hunting spoils, a fitchet and several birds which he had killed with his pretty little cross-bow, a gift from Dona Magdalena.
Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867
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Geronimo's a few weeks before when he rushed up to him to show his hunting spoils, a fitchet and several birds which he had killed with his pretty little cross-bow, a gift from Dona Magdalena.
Barbara Blomberg — Complete Georg Ebers 1867
jaime_d commented on the word fitchet
A weasel. From "C. Musonius Rufus" by Guy Davenport
January 19, 2010