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
The visitors found Dr. King in an airless railroad flat in a slum, talking to 40 or 50 young gang members about nonviolence.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 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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