quattie

== English == === Etymology === From quarter +‎ -ie. === Noun === quattie (plural quatties) (Jamaica) An old Jamaican coin worth three cents or one-and-a-half pence. === References === == Jamaican Creole == === Etymology === From English quarter. A coin whose value was a quarter of a sixpence, i.e. 1½p. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkwatɪ/ Hyphenation: qua‧ttie === Noun === quattie (plural quattie dem, quantified quattie) (historical) one-and-a-half pence. (idiomatic) chicken feed, a paltry sum (a negligible amount) Not a quattie worth sell. ― The money we got for what we sold was chicken feed. === Further reading === Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 460 quattie – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary