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flatwork

American

[flat-wurk] / ˈflætˌwɜrk /

noun

sheets, tablecloths, etc., that are ordinarily ironed mechanically, as on a mangle, rather than by hand.

Etymology

Origin of flatwork

First recorded in 1920–25; flat ¹ + work

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She provides workers with their own personal protective equipment and limits exercising the horses to flatwork to avoid accidents.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2020

She provides workers with their own equipment and PPE and limits exercising the horses to flatwork to avoid an accident.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 26, 2020

Then she's got ambitious, quit service, and got a flatwork job in a hand laundry—eight per, fourteen hours a day, Saturday sixteen.

From Side-stepping with Shorty by Sewell Ford

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