flatch

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English

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Etymology

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Phonetic spelling of the backslang for half (with /tʃ/ substituted for the /h/).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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flatch (not comparable)

  1. (dated, costermongers) Half

Derived terms

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Noun

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flatch (plural flatches)

  1. (dated, costermongers) A halfpenny.
    • c. 1864, Alfred Peck Stevens, “The Chickaleary Cove”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris[1], published 1896, page 161:
      I have a rorty gal, also a knowing pal, / And merrily together we jog on, / I doesn't care a flatch, as long as I've a tach, / Some pannum for my chest, and a tog on.
  2. (dated, costermongers, crime) A counterfeit half-crown.

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