quattie

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English

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Noun

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quattie (plural quatties)

  1. (Jamaica) An old Jamaican coin worth three cents or one-and-a-half pence.

Jamaican Creole

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Etymology

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From English quarter. A coin whose value was a quarter of a sixpence, i.e. 1½p.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkwatɪ/
  • Hyphenation: qua‧ttie

Noun

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quattie (plural quattie dem, quantified quattie)

  1. (historical) one-and-a-half pence.
  2. (idiomatic) chicken feed, a paltry sum (a neglible amount)
    Not a quattie worth sell.The money we got for what we sold was chicken feed.

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