fitty

English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• fiddy

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.'