railroad flat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of railroad flat
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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If you want blinds, he suggested using a bamboo one from Pearl River Mart, which he hung in his first apartment, a small railroad flat in the East Village.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2018
Her parents, 26-year-old Clifford and 24-year-old Anna, were at their six-room railroad flat on 131 West 116th Street in Harlem.
From The Guardian ● May 4, 2017
He lives with his wife, Patricia Padgett, in the same railroad flat he found in 1967 and promised would be their home for no more than one year.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2017
We see a narrow railroad flat littered with garbage, a stained mattress leaning precariously against a wall and a few pathetic sticks of furniture.
From BusinessWeek ● Feb. 3, 2012
The diagram is a layout of a railroad flat.
From "Twelve Angry Men" by Reginald Rose
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