flatty

flatfoot

slang A police officer. Please, that old flatfoot will never be able to catch up to us once we run out of the store.

flatty

slang, noun A police officer. Please, that old flatty will never be able to catch up to us once we run out of the store.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

flatfoot

and flatty
n. a police officer, especially a foot patrol officer. (Older.) Think about how the flatfoot on the beat is affected by this cold. There’s a flatty on the corner. Go ask him for some help.

flatty

verb
See flatfoot
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • Kojak with a Kodak
  • haul before
  • narc
  • nailer
  • give (one) the all-clear
  • give the all-clear
  • crapper
  • swear out
  • bear trap
  • get the all-clear
References in periodicals archive
Flatty was designed to occupy the smallest possible space (only 5mm thick) making it a makeup case that perfectly fits in a small purse, gym bag, a jacket pocket or travel beauty case.
Flatty is ideal for makeup on the move
George squeezes inside and discovers that the body of the driver is pinned across Flatty, impaled on a scaffolding pole.
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This week's winner Dave Palmer caught three plaice during the Flatty League match.
RUNNING it's own Flatty contest [...]; FISHING with CLIVE BRADLEY DAV ES ANGLING
Using 8lb class tackle with a two hook flatty trace, Mark's bait was ragworm tipped with a strip of ammo squid.
Laker's dozen landed; FISHING
Heelflip to indy, fatty to flatty, over the pyramid was his big move.
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Now it's flatty boots and grittier, darker roots to match her flat-cap Northerner Robbie
M Seeing Stars: Bootleggers; Brown boots, black boots, patent leather jackboots, big boots, small boots, any old boot to suit. Looks like these celebs have been to Freeman, Hardy and Willis this week..
The newest addition to Toy Machine, Billy "The Skid" Marks frontside flip, fatty to flatty
Over the back
ANDY COLLINS, from Weymouth, was out on a local charter boat for a bit of flatty fishing.
What a ray to start the year; FISHING By CLIVE BRADLEY in association with i iti ith DAV ES DAV ES DAV ES DAV ES V G ANGLING ANGLING ANGLING ANGLING G ANGL A GLGLING ING L ANGL
Aboard the Flamer IV and out on an autumn flatty trip, Colin, from Gotherington in Cheltenham, was using 10lb-class tackle with a two-hook trace loaded with lots of attractor beads.
Double plaice Flamer's No.1
Armed with 10lb class tackle, and using a two hook flatty trace, with plenty of coloured attractor beads, Neil baited up with ragworm and a strip of ammo squid.
Top plaice is all Tucked up; FISHING
USING 10lb class tackle with a flatty trace, Patrick Megan, our latest boat fishing winner, hit the jackpot on Flamer IV off the Dorset coast.
Pat's our new plaice setter
Using 10lb class tackle, a single hook, on a flatty trace with attractor beads, and ragworm, ammo black lugworm and a squid strip as his successful bait, Luke hooked and landed his first ever plaice - which duly weighed in at a whopping 7lb 8oz.
Luke's origin of new species
Fishing with a two hook flatty trace adorned with plenty of attractor beads, les baited up with ragworm, black lug and squid strips.
Les is in the right plaice