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Meaning of mahogany flat | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A bedbug.

UK, obsolete, slang

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

mahogany gaspipe mahogany glider mahogany gum mahogany lung mahogany quahog mahogany rot