Definition of Cold-water flat

1. Noun. An apartment without modern conveniences.

Generic synonyms: Apartment, Flat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cold-water Flat

cold-bloodedness
cold-calling
cold-cathode
cold-cock
cold-cream
cold-cuts
cold-eyed
cold-hearted
cold-heartedly
cold-heartedness
cold-reactive antibody
cold-rigor point
cold-sensitive mutant
cold-short
cold-shoulder
cold-water flat (current term)
cold abscess
cold abscesses
cold agglutination
cold agglutination test
cold agglutinin
cold agglutinins
cold allergy
cold antibody
cold as a wagon tire
cold as a witch's tit
cold as ice
cold autoantibody
cold bend test
cold blood

Literary usage of Cold-water flat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Four Years in the Underbrush: Adventures as a Working Woman in New York (1921)
"It's a cold-water flat. What you want a hot- water flat for ?—pay for hot water and never get it. Mother says it's better to have seven rooms and pay for ..."

2. Cookery Craft: As Practiced in 1894 by the Women of the South Church, St by Charles H. Merrill (1894)
"To erase sewing machine oil from muslins, soak the spots and wash in cold water. FLAT-IRONS. Beeswax and salt will make flat-irons as smooth as glass. ..."

3. Plumbing Plans and Specifications by John Joseph Cosgrove (1910)
"There is great variety in the design of plumbing in apartment houses, which differ from the cold- water flat of the cheaper buildings to the most expensive ..."

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