fitty

English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (African-American Vernacular) IPA(key): [fɪʔi], [fɪɾi]
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Numeral

fitty

  1. (nonstandard, pronunciation spelling) Alternative form of fifty.
    I need 'bout three dollars and fitty cents.

Noun

fitty (plural fitties)

  1. (nonstandard, pronunciation spelling) Alternative form of fifty, especially a 50-caliber machine gun.

Etymology 2

Adverb

fitty

  1. (Cornwall) Properly; fitly.
    • 1957, The Aylesford Review (volume 2, issue 2)
      […] Cornish and Catholic, so that Miss Pascoe in the choir-loft of the church of the Immaculate Conception can admonish the organist: 'Do it fitty, my handsome.'
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