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flatches

flatches is the plural of flatch.

Meaning of flatch

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.

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Questions about flatches

What is flatches the plural of?
Flatches is the plural of flatch.

Words near flatches in the dictionary

  1. flatcest
  2. flatch
  3. flatch-kennurd
  4. flatch-yennep
  5. flatch-yenork
  6. flatches
  7. flatchested
  8. flatchestedness
  9. flatcracker
  10. flatcrown
  11. flatcrowns

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