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- flatch (plural flatches) (dated, costermongers) A halfpenny.
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Aug 29, 2023 · flatch (plural flatches) (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. (dated, costermongers, crime) A counterfeit half-crown.
What does flatch mean? flatch (English) Origin & history Phonetic spelling of the backslang for half (with /tʃ/ substituted for the /h/). Pronunciation. IPA: /flætʃ/ Rhymes: -en; Adjective flatch (not comparable) (dated, costers) Half Derived words & phrases. flatch-kennurd ("half drunk"), flatch-yenork ("half-crown"), flatch-yennep ...
Jan 1, 2008 · Flatch. The process in which bits of watery poo sprays from the anus, during the farting process. It is also used to describe the flapping of the butt cheeks in this process. Flatching is often seen as embarasing and shameful, it is curtious to apologise to public and people around when you have just flatched.
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Adj. flatshi, flat, paddle-shaped. Extended to mean a large spreading piece of something; any low-lying flat piece of ground (Sh. 11 1951, flatchie ). Peb. 1875 W. Welsh Peb. Cotter 34: Ilk lad his watch dress'd wi' a flatch O' ribbands frae his lady. Sh. 1886 J. Burgess Sk. and Poems 68:
flatch adj. [backsl.] half, usu. in comb. below. In compounds flatch-enorc/-yennork/-ynork (n.) see half-yennork under yenork n. flatch-kennurd (adj.) [kennurd adj.; lit. ‘half-drunk’] tipsy, mildly drunk.
Word origin. [1625–35; back formation from fletcher] This word is first recorded in the period 1625–35. Other words that entered English at around the same time include: cabaret, concentration, plastic, specific, substratum.
