French flat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of French flat
An Americanism dating back to 1875–80
Example Sentences
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“So, I resort to the great old elegant English and French flat lace-up shoe brands — Crockett & Jones and Paraboot.”
From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2022
The 28-year-old Boudot won the prestigious Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe race two years ago on Waldgeist and claimed his third French flat racing title last year.
From Seattle Times • May 15, 2021
Lanier On his return to Baltimore he lived at 55 Lexington in four rooms arranged as a French flat.
From Literary Hearthstones of Dixie by Pickett, La Salle Corbell
"It is that I know such pleasant arrangement to be impossible that I speak, some friends having taken a French flat for me."
From A Heart-Song of To-day by Savigny, Annie Gregg
Shortly after leaving us the previous fall, he had married a widow lady with two children, and was now keeping house in a French flat in the upper part of the city.
From Rudder Grange by Stockton, Frank Richard
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