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mahogany flat

mahogany flat noun: a bedbug.

Noun

mahogany flat (plural mahogany flats)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) A bedbug.
    • When ready for sea we went up to Greenhithe, that their lordships might inspect us, and then to Portsmouth, to take troops to Cork, a pleasant trip; but the troops left us a legacy of "mahogany flats," with which their beds were so swarming that we never got them under.1892, Sir George Giffard, Reminiscences of a Naval Officer, page 45

Forms of mahogany flat

pluralmahogany flats

Origin of mahogany flat

From their colour and shape.

Questions about mahogany flat

What does mahogany flat mean?
Mahogany flat means a bedbug.
What part of speech is mahogany flat?
Mahogany flat is a noun.
What is the plural of mahogany flat?
The plural of mahogany flat is mahogany flats.

Words near mahogany flat in the dictionary

  1. mahogany acid
  2. mahogany acids
  3. mahogany browning
  4. mahogany clam
  5. mahogany clams
  6. mahogany flat
  7. mahogany flats
  8. mahogany gaspipe
  9. mahogany gaspipes
  10. mahogany glider
  11. mahogany gliders

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