2. Noun. (slang) Anything flat (a flat battery, a flat tire, flat terrain etc.) ¹
3. Noun. (archaic US slang) A policeman. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flatty
1. a light flat shoe [n FLATTIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flatty
Literary usage of Flatty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Emigrant: The Life, Experience and Humorous Adventures of A. Jager by A. Jager (1908)
"says flatty laconically and in order to draw the Bo's'n on to dangerous ground.
... Thus flatty—"And if you and the Skipper and the mates was all as dead as ..."
2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"1837) contains all the sources, but t he editor's personal views have in many
cases failed to satisfy criticism; the flatty text is printed also by ..."
3. Abstract of North Carolina Wills by North Carolina Secretary of State, John Bryan Grimes (1910)
"Friends: RICHARD and ELIZABETH HEAT (lands on flatty Creek). Witnesses: JOHN ROBISON
... Sons: HENRY and THOMAS (lands on Little flatty Creek). ..."
4. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"Flatter trap (thieves), the mouth ; called by French rogues la, men- <MM,
flatty (popular), a variant of " flat," a greenhorn, ..."
5. The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal by John Camden Hotten (1874)
"flatty, a rustic, or uninitiated person. flatty-ken, a public-house the landlord
of which is ignorant of the practices of the thieves and tramps who ..."
6. The Slang Dictionary: Or, The Vulgar Words, Street Phrases, and "fast by John Camden Hotten (1865)
"flatty, a rustic, or uninitiated person. FLAT-FEET, the battalion companies in the
... flatty-KEN, a public-house, the landlord of which is ignorant of the ..."
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