Obs. Also fich-, fytchock, fitchuk. [f. FITCH sb.2 + dim. suffix -OCK.] FITCHEW; also as a term of contempt.
a. 1615. Beaum. & Fl., Bonduca, I. ii. And make ye fight like Fichocks. Ibid., Scornful Lady, V. i. Farewell, fytchock!
1804. Duncumb, Herefordsh., I. 213. A fitchock, a pole-cat.
1847. Halliwell, Fitchet, a polecat, also called … fitchuk.
