flaking vbl n Attrib flaking stick: wooden pole used in the construction of a drying platform for cod-fish; cpSTICK.
   T 12/348-64 Back about thirty years ago, when you were building your flakes for drying fish, you could walk up from the beach with an axe, an' cut down your flaking sticks and carry 'em on your back down to where you were goin' to build your flake.

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