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flattie
noun- a flat tyre AUSTRALIA
- He give me an hand an’ puts the flatty and the jack back in the boot for me[.] — John O’Grady, Aussie Etiket, p. 20, 1971
- — David McGill, David McGill’s Complete Kiwi Slang Dictionary, p. 44, 1998
- a flat-heeled shoe, as distinguished from the high-heeled variety UK
Also as variant “flat”. - — John Boswell, Lost Girl, 1959
- My own superior, on being confronted with the glad news that I’d worn a raincoat and flatties to the ball of the year congratulated me heartily and advised me to turn up, next time, in paint-stained jeans. — Sue Rhodes, Now you’ll think I’m awful, p. 135, 1967
- the operator of a carnival flat store (gambling operation) US
- I’d learned a lot about Flatties–the carnies who worked the Flat Store–by listening and watching. — Peter Fenton, Eyeing the Flash, p. 116, 2005
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