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mahogany flats

mahogany flats is the plural of mahogany flat.

Meaning of mahogany flat

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

Questions about mahogany flats

What is mahogany flats the plural of?
Mahogany flats is the plural of mahogany flat.

Words near mahogany flats in the dictionary

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  3. mahogany clam
  4. mahogany clams
  5. mahogany flat
  6. mahogany flats
  7. mahogany gaspipe
  8. mahogany gaspipes
  9. mahogany glider
  10. mahogany gliders
  11. mahogany gum

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