flattop
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flattop (plural flattops)
- (US) A short haircut in which the hair is brushed straight up then cut flat across the top
- (US) (informal) An aircraft carrier; origin credited since 1942 to a laconic message, “Scratch one flattop,” radioed by LCDR Robert E. Dixon to USS Lexington, whose commanding officer credited the pilot with coining the standard USN slang; see Wikipedia for Battle of Coral Sea
- Abbreviated form of flattop grill.
[edit] Quotations
- 1959 Jerry Keller - Here Comes Summer (lyrics)
- Well school's not so bad but the summer's better / Gives me more time to see my girl / Walk through the park beneath the shiny moon / Oh when we kiss she makes my flat top curl
