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flatty
noun- a member of an audience UK, 1933
Gently derogatory; extended by circus showmen from the (probably) now obsolete sense “a rustic, an uninitiated person”, first recorded in 1859. - The flatties thought my antics were all part of the game and laughed well[.] — Butch Reynolds, Broken Hearted Clown, p. 17, 1953
- [F]latties [...] men (especially those who make up an audience). — Paul Baker, Polari, p. 175, 2002
- a person who works in a flat joint (an illegal gambling operation where players are cheated as a matter of course) US
- Flatties are considered, even among carnival performers, as common thieves and unlike the performers who give the marks something for their money. — Don Wilmeth, The Language of American Popular Entertainment, p. 95, 1981
- — Gene Sorrows, All About Carnivals, p. 17, 1985: “Terminology”
- a uniformed police officer or a plain-clothes officer who is recognisable as a foot-patrol officer US, 1866
A variation of FLATFOOT - a flat-bottomed boat AUSTRALIA, 1934
- Jamaica was breathing heavily with the effort of rowing the flattie against the tide. — Kylie Tennant, Lost Haven, p. 32, 1946
- a flathead fish AUSTRALIA, 1962
- It took time and the winch broke down twice, but I finally got it in and it was the biggest flattie you’ve ever seen. — Bob Staines, Wot a Whopper, p. 10, 1982
- — Phillip Gwynne, Deadly Unna?, p. 47, 1998
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