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单词 flatty
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flattyn.1

/ˈflati/
Etymology: < flat n.3 + -y suffix1.
slang.
One who is ignorant of the methods of professional thieving; a flat; also in combination: flatty-ken n. (see quot.).
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1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 218/2 They betray to the ‘flatties’..all their profits and proceedings.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 243/2Flatty-kens’, that is, houses the landlord of which is not ‘awake’ or ‘fly’ to the ‘moves’ and dodges of the trade.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

flattyn.2

/ˈflati/
Forms: Also flattie.
Etymology: < flat adj. + -y suffix6.
colloquial.
1. A flatfish.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Pleuronectiformes (flat-fish) > [noun] > family Pleuronectidae > member of (flat-fish)
flatfish1710
pleuronect1849
pleuronectid1859
dab-fish1876
sole1882
flatty1892
1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Flatty, a flatfish.
1936 W. Holtby South Riding (1950) vi. iv. 384 They used to go spiking for flaties in the mud.
1971 Angling Times 10 June 25/4 A 2 lb 1¼ oz flounder was the best ‘flattie’ in Teignmouth SAS's first contest.
2. A flat-bottomed boat.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun]
plat1449
float1557
flat-bottom1579
tumbrila1625
flat-boat1660
tumbril boat1688
turnel boat1688
flat1749
kettle-bottom1838
flatty1892
1892 Otago Daily Times (N.Z.) 26 Mar. We..accepted the use of a flat-bottomed boat, of the species known in the district as ‘flatties’.
1908 E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber i. ii. 60 A huge black beacon waddled along..followed by a roughly-built ‘flatty’.
1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang Flattie, flatty, a small flat-bottomed sailing-boat: coll., esp. among boys: from ca. 1860.
1939 Yachting June 109 It's the ideal building material for rowboats, folding boats, kyaks and ‘flatties’.
1946 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) ii. 31 Jamaica was breathing heavily with the effort of rowing the flattie against the tide.
1970 Motor Boat & Yachting 16 Oct. 38/3 To be successful a flattie should have a length/beam ratio of 4 to 5, the latter figure giving the faster boat. A typical American flattie of the 1800s was 20ft. in length with 5ft. beam at deck level and 4ft. 3in. at the bottom.
3. A policeman. Cf. flat-foot n. 2d.
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society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman
truncheon officer1708
runner1735
horny1753
nibbing-cull1775
nabbing-cull1780
police officer1784
police constable1787
policeman1788
scout1789
nabman1792
nabber1795
pig1811
Bow-street officer1812
nab1813
peeler1816
split1819
grunter1823
robin redbreast1824
bulky1828
raw (or unboiled) lobster1829
Johnny Darm1830
polis1833
crusher1835
constable1839
police1839
agent1841
johndarm1843
blue boy1844
bobby1844
bluebottle1845
copper1846
blue1848
polisman1850
blue coat1851
Johnny1851
PC1851
spot1851
Jack1854
truncheonist1854
fly1857
greycoat1857
cop1859
Cossack1859
slop1859
scuffer1860
nailerc1863
worm1864
Robert1870
reeler1879
minion of the law1882
ginger pop1887
rozzer1888
nark1890
bull1893
grasshopper1893
truncheon-bearer1896
John1898
finger1899
flatty1899
mug1903
John Dunn1904
John Hop1905
gendarme1906
Johnny Hop1908
pavement pounder1908
buttons1911
flat-foot1913
pounder1919
Hop1923
bogy1925
shamus1925
heat1928
fuzz1929
law1929
narker1932
roach1932
jonnop1938
grass1939
roller1940
Babylon1943
walloper1945
cozzer1950
Old Bill1958
cowboy1959
monaych1961
cozzpot1962
policeperson1965
woolly1965
Fed1966
wolly1970
plod1971
roz1971
Smokey Bear1974
bear1975
beast1978
woodentop1981
Five-O1983
dibble1990
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1899 ‘J. Flynt’ Tramping with Tramps 393 Flatty, a policeman; synonymous with ‘bull’.
1900 ‘J. Flynt’ & ‘F. Walton’ Powers that Prey iv. 51 The ‘flatties’ in uniforms surrounded the place.
1911 Sessions Papers 13 Feb. 359 One of the men says, ‘Look out, here comes a “flatty”’ (meaning a policeman).
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 469 The squeak is out. A split is gone for the flatties.
1928 E. Wallace Gunner xvii. 133 That is what you tell the flattie if there is any fuss.
1934 D. L. Sayers Nine Tailors 216 It's damned slack of you flatties not to have dug me out earlier.
1949 P. G. Wodehouse Mating Season xix. 166 ‘You know Dobbs?’ ‘The flatty?’ ‘Our village constable, yes.’
4. = flat n.3 9f(a).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > with specific heels > low heels
flat1834
flatty1937
1937 Amer. Speech 12 236/2 She was just a brown~haired kid who wore flatties and went barelegged.
1955 ‘C. H. Rolph’ Women of Streets vi. 77 I'm wearing flatties now to rest my feet.
1970 Guardian 2 May 1/2 Mary Wilson..saying she liked to ‘put on my flatties and head scarf and walk for miles’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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