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flatch

/flæt͡ʃ/

flatch adjective: half.

Adjective

flatch (not comparable)

  1. (dated, costermongers) Half

Noun

flatch (plural flatches)

  1. (dated, costermongers) A halfpenny.
    • 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.c. 1864, Alfred Peck Stevens, “The Chickaleary Cove”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris, published 1896, page 161
  2. (dated, costermongers, crime) A counterfeit half-crown.

Synonyms of flatch

Forms of flatch

pluralflatches

Origin of flatch

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

Words formed from flatch

Words that rhyme with flatch

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Questions about flatch

What does flatch mean?
Flatch means half.
What part of speech is flatch?
Flatch can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce flatch?
Flatch is pronounced /flæt͡ʃ/.

Words near flatch in the dictionary

  1. flatcar
  2. flatcars
  3. flatcatcher
  4. flatcatchers
  5. flatcest
  6. flatch
  7. flatch-kennurd
  8. flatch-yennep
  9. flatch-yenork
  10. flatches
  11. flatchested

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