Flattie

Quick meaning: Flattie is a noun meaning (informal, arachnology) A flattie spider, generally in the family Selenopidae, so called because of its flattened, sprawling shape.

Meaning

(informal, arachnology) A flattie spider, generally in the family Selenopidae, so called because of its flattened, sprawling shape.

More Meanings

1. (informal) A flat white (a type of coffee).
2. (South Africa) A flat marinated cut of meat.
3. A flat-bottomed sloop-rigged sharpie.
4. (informal) A traditional two-dimensional motion picture, as opposed to a deepie.
5. (Internet slang) A flat earther.
6. (slang) A flat store.
7. (slang) The operator of a flat joint, or crooked gambling operation.

Example Sentences

a chicken flattie

This is the "flattie" model of this skiff — there was also a V-bottomed version similar to the m odified sharpie of Figure 6-4.

A carnival hawker may run a legitimate game in which you have a fair chance to win, but then again he may be a flattie — a carnival grifter expert at separating the unwary from their money.

Flatties were in use on Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds of North Carolina, employed for shoal water fishing and trapping and usually manned by black boatmen ... no duck-hunting or use of guns was allowed by the local white men.

Word Forms

• flatties

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include flatty, seaspider, flathe, spider, flabellinid, flathead.

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