quattie

English

Etymology

From quarter +‎ -ie.

Noun

quattie (plural quatties)

1. (Jamaica) An old Jamaican coin worth three cents or one-and-a-half pence.

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)

1. (historical) one-and-a-half pence.
2. (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