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English
Etymology
Phonetic spelling of the backslang for half (with /tʃ/ substituted for the /h/).
Pronunciation
Adjective
flatch (not comparable)
- (dated, costermongers) Half
Derived terms
Noun
flatch (plural flatches)
- (dated, costermongers) A halfpenny.
c. 1864, Alfred Peck Stevens, “The Chickaleary Cove”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris, 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.
- (dated, costermongers, crime) A counterfeit half-crown.
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