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flat silver

noun

  1. silver table utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of flat silver1

An Americanism dating back to 1925–30

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Example Sentences

If the flat silver is kept in a basket, it is better to carry the basket from place to place and take out what is needed.

The flat silver box in which he carried his tobacco lay on the table beside him, and she idly took it up.

The four Englishmen passed the flat silver case from hand to hand, each pressing his lips devoutly upon it.

Meade picked up the case, a gun-metal one, with Cadogan's monogram in thin, flat silver letters on the side.

Flat silver that was heavily plated except where it was likely to wear.

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