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flattop

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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; flat 1 + top 1


flat-topped, adjective
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flat·top   (flāt'tŏp')   
n.   Informal
  1. An aircraft carrier.

  2. A short haircut in which the hair is brushed straight up and cropped flat across the top.

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