shetty

See also: Shetty

English

Noun

shetty (plural shetties)

1. (MLE, slang) Alternative form of chete (“knife”)
   • 2023 December 5, Tir Dhondy, Exposing violent watch thieves and their young female 'spotters' (BBC News [1])

     "He went on to a back road where there was nobody there," he adds, "so what I did is, I pulled out the shetty [machete] on him… [It] was roughly 23 inches.