flatch
Half
Adjective
- Half
Origin
Phonetic spelling of the backslang for half (with /tʃ/ substituted for the /h/).
Derived
Noun
- 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...
- A counterfeit half-crown.