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Flattop

[flat-top]

flat·top

[flat-top]
noun Informal.
1.
an aircraft carrier.
2.
a type of crew cut in which the hair is cropped in a flat plane across the top.
Also, flat-top.


Origin:
1940–45; flat1 + top1

flat-topped, adjective
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flattop (ˈflætˌtɒp)
 
n
(US) an informal name for aircraft carrier

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