buffet flat n.— «Have you ever been to a buffet flat? It’s neither a lunchroom nor a variation of a western plain. It’s peculiar to Harlem, yet few white visitors to that Negro haven in New York City ever hear of it, and practically none...
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n.— «The Buffet Flat and Wine Room, Recruiting Stations for White Slavers, Exposed.» —Lincoln Daily News (Neb.) Sept. 8, 1916. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
buffet flat n.— «The casual, migratory and unskilled drinkers of the world, along with a scattering of habitual, non-migratory and skilful [sic] drinkers, have found a new haven. It is the buffet flat and the New York police are authority...
top and tail v.— «The big surprise at the moment is the success of Seven’s The World Around Us on Sunday nights hosted by Lisa McCune. It’s really “topped and tailed” in TV parlance. She just reads some scripts in a studio in...
flat adj.— «Bryan Herta needed just four laps to get “flat,” racing parlance for feeling comfortable enough in a car to press the gas pedal and not let up.» —“Herta makes quick return” by Phillip B...
granny flat n.— «Granny Flat: A separate, self-contained unit designed for temporary installation on the side or in the back yard of an adult child’s home.» —“Age-Speak 101: How to Tell a NORC From a DRG” by Sandy...