† flicklen.
Obsolete. rare.
Apparently an arbitrary extension of flick, flitch n.1 (for rhyme).
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1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. vii. sig. Iivv Littell and littell the cat eateth the flickell.
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