At the weekend I was watching a pile of old silent versions of Wizard of Oz and listening to various radio shows about it AND watching the classic movie in its new digitally restored super-duper cleaned-up form. The sound is naturally rather better than it was so I heard (and verified later by googling) the lyric

"The house began to pitch
The kitchen took a slitch."

What the hell is a slitch?

Probably a made-up word for a slide.

Asa, whose lineage became clear when he took a shower and partially melted.

Here's your favorite source for the word, Bob.

I am more intrigued by your "at" the weekend comment. We'd say "on" the weekend or "during" the weekend, but not "at" the weekend.

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We'd say "on" the weekend or "during" the weekend, but not "at" the weekend.

It would depend on the tense.

For a future evenbt we'd say "The event is taking place on (or during) the weekend of the 15th."

But for something that has recently happened we might use Bob's construction or say "last weekend I was watching..."

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Originally posted by Kalleh:
Here's your favorite source for the word, Bob.

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I find it hard to believe that that was the meaning intended by Harburg and Arlen when they wrote the song.

Bob,

Did you read all the Contributions? Nos. 3. and 4. mention The Wizard of Oz, but don't properly define it. It appears to be a word coined from "slip/slide" and "pitch" in this meaning.

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Originally posted by arnie:
Bob,

Did you read all the Contributions? Nos. 3. and 4. mention The Wizard of Oz, but don't properly define it. It appears to be a word coined from "slip/slide" and "pitch" in this meaning.

I didn't notice those but as neither gives a definition as such (or a source) and the other eight all give the slut/bitch definition AND as I think the urban dictionary is a pile of fetid dingos' kidneys anyway, I don't feel too bad about that.

There are some decidedly odd bits in the lyrics througout the move of course.

I've always been rather baffled by

Lion:I'd be brave as a blizzard ...
TIN MAN: I'd be gentle as a lizard ...
SCARECROW: I'd be clever as a gizzard

Three of the most unlikely similes I've ever encountoured.

Yes, Bob, I've thought about that, too. I think they're just meant to be silly.