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Dunmow flitch
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Dunmow
flitch
(
plural
Dunmow flitches
)
(
UK
)
A flitch of
bacon
awarded to a
married
couple
who convince a local "
jury
" of
bachelors
and
maidens
that, for a year and a day, they have never wished themselves unwed, as part of a traditional four-yearly ritual at Great Dunmow,
Essex
,
England
.
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