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

Bow-street runner-

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).

单词	flatty
释义	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.). ΚΠ 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 218/2 They betray to the ‘flatties’..all their profits and proceedings. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 243/2 ‘Flatty-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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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 Bow-street runner- 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). ΘΚΠ 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). < n.¹1851n.²1892
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