Flattie

noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A flattie spider, generally in the family Selenopidae, so called because of its flattened, sprawling shape. informal
  2. 2
    A flat white (a type of coffee). informal
  3. 3
    A flat marinated cut of meat. South-Africa

    "a chicken flattie"

  4. 4
    A flat store. slang

    "All the rube had to do was throw a baseball into a barrel and get a prize. How hard could that be? But the barrel was rigged with a false bottom as resilient as a trampoline so that a ball thrown from the specified distance invariably bounced out. Not everything was a flattie."

  5. 5
    A flat-bottomed sloop-rigged sharpie.

    "Flatties were in use on Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds of North Carolina, employed for shoal water fishing and trapping and usually manned by black boatmen ... no duck-hunting or use of guns was allowed by the local white men."

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  1. 6
    A traditional two-dimensional motion picture, as opposed to a deepie. informal

    "“SOMEDAY,” Hitchcock told me, “there will be three-dimensional wall Video screens, and Dial M for Murder will come into its own. But at the time I was making that picture, I worried that 3-D might be a fad that would fade and that Dial M would go out as a 'flattie.' […]"

  2. 7
    A flat earther. Internet
  3. 8
    The operator of a flat joint, or crooked gambling operation. slang

    "A carnival hawker may run a legitimate game in which you have a fair chance to win, but then again he may be a flattie — a carnival grifter expert at separating the unwary from their money."

  4. 9
    A Flat-coated Retriever. informal
  5. 10
    A person with a flat chest, i.e., without breasts. informal
  6. 11
    A navel that is neither protruding nor sunken. informal
  7. 12
    A flatmate. informal
  8. 13
    Alternative spelling of flatty. alt-of, alternative

Etymology

From flat + -ie.

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