Meaning of coldwater flat | Babel Free

Definitions

A small, very inexpensive apartment having only the most rudimentary features and lacking a plumbing system to supply hot water.

US, dated

Examples

“In Hoboken, in a coldwater flat ("one can to four families"), Frank was born on Dec. 12, 1915.”

“"I used to drop in here on Saturdays, when I lived in a coldwater flat and couldn't afford to buy anything […]," she reminisced.”

“[Diamond] lived in Florence until 1965. He was on his third Guggenheim Fellowship and explained, "I can make my income last and live extremely well with my own villa and garden at a cost that would provide a hole-in-the-wall, coldwater flat in America."”

“Page has been collecting and hoarding fabric since the early '70s, when she was a hippie living in a cold-water flat in Montreal.”

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