fletcherise

Fletch·er·ize

[flech-uh-rahyz]
verb (used without object), verb (used with object), Fletch·er·ized, Fletch·er·iz·ing.
to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.
Also, especially British, Fletch·er·ise.


Origin:
1900–05, Americanism; see Fletcherism, -ize

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