Meanings
adjectiveflatch (not comparable)
- datednot comparablecostermongersHalf
nounflatch (plural flatches)
plural flatches
- datedcostermongersA 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 Cove”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris, published 1896, page 161 - datedcostermongers; crime; costermongers; crimeA counterfeit half-crown.
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Origin
Phonetic spelling of the backslang for half (with /tʃ/ substituted for the /h/).
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Rhymes with flatch
matchpatchcatchattachbatchscratchdispatchbachhatchlatchmismatchdetachrematchtachthatchnatchBandersnatchklatchcratcheyecatchGreat ThatchLittle Thatchoutmatchstatch
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
flatch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flatch
MLA
“flatch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flatch. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flatch,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flatch.
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