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flat
noun- a flat area for spectators in the centre of a racecourse AUSTRALIA, 1846
- Eventually, he got a licence to make a book on the flat at Flemington racecourse. — Frank Hardy, The Yarns of Billy Borker, p. 102, 1965
- in an illegal number gambling lottery, a bet that two digits will appear in the winning number US
- — American Speech, p. 191, October 1949
- a police officer UK
Probably a shortening of FLATFOOT- The meths men themselves are a distinct race from the well-heeled West End alcoholics and drug takers; a flat, to them, is just another word for policeman. — Geoffrey Fletcher, Down Among the Meths Men, p. 9, 1966
- good quality tobacco, as opposed to prison issue tobacco AUSTRALIA, 1902
- a case of beer containing 24 bottles CANADA
- — Emily An American’s Guide to Canada, p. 3, 10 November 2001
- a conventional, law-abiding, boring person UK, 1753
- — Lou Shelly, Hepcats Jive Dictionary, p. 11, 1945
- a smooth-sided subway (underground) carriage that lends itself to graffiti art US
- — Jim Crotty, How to Talk American, p. 141, 1997
- a credit card UK
- — David Powis, The Signs of Crime, 1977
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