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flatdom

flatdom noun: the realm or sphere of apartment buildings.

Noun

flatdom (uncountable)

  1. (UK) The realm or sphere of apartment buildings.
    • He drove to Chillesford Mansions in the dusk of the next afternoon full of hope that was only mildly damped by the drab uniformity of West Kensington flatdom.1930, Clifford James Wheeler Hosken, The Man in the Red Hat, page 16

Origin of flatdom

From flat + -dom.

Questions about flatdom

What does flatdom mean?
Flatdom means the realm or sphere of apartment buildings.
What part of speech is flatdom?
Flatdom is a noun.

Words near flatdom in the dictionary

  1. flatchested
  2. flatchestedness
  3. flatcracker
  4. flatcrown
  5. flatcrowns
  6. flatdom
  7. flatdweller
  8. flatdwellers
  9. flatearther
  10. flatearthers
  11. flatearthery

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