Definition of Flatbacks

1. flatback [n] - See also: flatback

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flatbacks

flat store
flat stores
flat tip screwdriver
flat tire
flat tires
flat top waves
flat tyre
flat tyres
flat wart
flat wash
flat white
flat whites
flat wrack
flat wracks
flatback
flatbacks (current term)
flatbed
flatbed lorry
flatbed press
flatbed truck
flatbeds
flatbill
flatbills
flatblock
flatblocks
flatboat
flatboats
flatbottom
flatbottomed
flatbow

Literary usage of Flatbacks

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

1. The Old Virginia Gentleman: And Other Sketches by George William Bagby (1910)
"Such are the flatbacks. If they had not overwhelmed me time and again with kindness; if the patience of people who read were inexhaustible, ..."

2. The Medical Times and Gazette (1885)
"... For flatbacks and spotted hefts we daily mun be sellin, Or swap em for red herrings arh bellies to be fillin." To mak em, we are willm ; There can be no ..."

3. Mechanical Dentistry: A Practical Treatise on the Construction of the by Charles Hunter (1882)
"... exact relative positions, such as mounting clasps, &c.; but not in putting up flatbacks, as it is not convenient for the gradual heating they require. ..."

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