flattie
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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If a skiff had a two-mast rig, it was commonly called a "sharpie"; a sloop-rigged skiff often was known as a "flattie."
From The Migrations of an American Boat Type by Chapelle, Howard I. (Howard Irving)
A flattie slid over the side of the cutter and plopped into the water, and Black Charley, with a couple of downcast boys, came alongside the NAUTILUS.
From Tropic Days by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
Subpose I am at that place Cairnsee, Chrissmiss, I take my flattie anchor out along inlet—keep quiet.
From My Tropic Isle by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
But it's dollars to doughnuts he's after something, and they've put a flattie around somewhere.
From Out of the Ashes by Mumford, Ethel Watts
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