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flinch
1570s, from obsolete
flecche
"to bend, flinch," probably from O.Fr.
flenchir
"to bend," from Frank.
*hlankjan
(cf. M.H.G.
linken
, Ger.
lenken
"to bend, turn, lead"). Related:
Flinched
;
flinching
.
