See flatch on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Phonetic spelling of the backslang for half (with /tʃ/ substituted for the /h/).",
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"english": "half drunk",
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},
{
"english": "half-crown",
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},
{
"english": "halfpenny",
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}
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},
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"etymology_text": "Phonetic spelling of the backslang for half (with /tʃ/ substituted for the /h/).",
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"ref": "c. 1864, Alfred Peck Stevens, “The Chickaleary Cove”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris, published 1896, page 161:",
"text": "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.",
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"A halfpenny."
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"A counterfeit half-crown."
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},
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"A halfpenny."
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"(dated, costermongers) A halfpenny."
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"A counterfeit half-crown."
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},
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}
],
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{
"word": "flatch-yennep"
},
{
"word": "ha'penny"
}
],
"word": "flatch"
}
Download raw JSONL data for flatch meaning in All languages combined (2.8kB)
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"path": [
"flatch"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "flatch",
"trace": ""
}
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