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Origin of flattop
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In the Oscar-winning filmmaker’s version, a drama from Netflix that hits theaters in October, Frankenstein’s creature is no arms-outstretched “Me Hungry” monster lumbering toward the camera stiff-legged with neck bolts and a flattop.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025
A $2,000 generator powers a small refrigerator; the flattop grill and fryer burn through a $25 propane tank daily.
From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2024
Senate, Democrat Jon Tester is a well-known commodity in Montana — a plain-spoken grain farmer with a flattop and a carefully cultivated reputation as a moderate.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 19, 2023
Nando’s has since spread like oil on a hot flattop, with more than two dozen outlets in the area.
From Washington Post • Aug. 1, 2022
Together, we climb high on the boxes, the old furniture, trying to reach the tallest height, a flattop chifforo chest.
From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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