Definitions
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- noun regional, slang A
flatfish - noun slang Anything
flat (a flat battery, a flat tire, flat terrain etc.) - noun archaic, US, slang A
policeman .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Remembering these things the idle young "flatty" turned and looked at the green-coated and sunken-shouldered figure, touched into some rough pity by the wordless pathos of an existence which seemed without aim or reason.
Never-Fail Blake Arthur Stringer 1912
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A huge black beacon waddled along, dragging a reluctant mass of iron at the end of its chain cable, followed by a roughly-built "flatty" and a huge log of silkwood.
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"Dropped by a flatty," I caught once, then something about a
The Dream Doctor 1908
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"He was framing a sucker to get away with a whole front," I heard the man say, "or with a poke or a souper, but instead he got dropped by a flatty and was canned for a sleep."
The Ear in the Wall 1908
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And all the flatty can do is gaze at it and scratch his head.
Torchy and Vee Sewell Ford 1907
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Unbelievable bowling to get rid of Sachin Tendulkar on a flatty ... #cricket
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Paras Ramoutar 2010
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Unbelievable bowling to get rid of Sachin Tendulkar on a flatty ... #cricket
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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Also consider the flatty-flat alum keyboards (I hate em) as exhibit #2.
MacDailyNews 2010
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Unbelievable bowling to get rid of Sachin Tendulkar on a flatty ... #cricket
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Paras Ramoutar 2010
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Unbelievable bowling to get rid of Sachin Tendulkar on a flatty ... #cricket
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Paras Ramoutar 2010
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