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service flat

American

noun

British.

an apartment with complete hotel services.

service flat British

noun

Also called (esp Austral): serviced flat. a flat in which domestic services are provided by the management

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Etymology

Origin of service flat

First recorded in 1920–25

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For one week I had a service flat in London with an English butler that was such a prude he would make Ruggles of Red Gap look like a blacksmith.

From Time Magazine Archive

After considerable difficulty Dick happened upon a service flat which, although it cost more than he had calculated upon, was so convenient, and appealed to him so strongly, that he took it there and then.

From The Everlasting Arms by Hocking, Joseph

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