flatch

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flæt͡ʃ/
• Rhymes: -ætʃ

Adjective

flatch (not comparable)

1. (dated, costermongers) Half

Derived terms

• flatch-kennurd (“half drunk”), flatch-yenork (“half-crown”), flatch-yennep (“halfpenny”)

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• (halfpenny): flatch-yennep, ha'penny