railroad flat

noun

: an apartment having a series of narrow rooms arranged in line

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Shelton moved with her five kids to a railroad flat on Blake Street in Berkeley. Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Mar. 2022 Shortly after Howe was born, in 1940, her family moved from Buffalo to a railroad flat near Harvard Square, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of railroad flat was in 1909

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“Railroad flat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/railroad%20flat. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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