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flattop

flat·top

uncommon informal us

noun

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a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for take-offs and landings

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From flat + top. Sense of “aircraft carrier” attributed to the message, “Scratch one flattop,” radioed during the Battle of the Coral Sea by LCDR Robert E. Dixon to the USS Lexington, whose commanding officer credited the pilot with coining the standard USN slang.

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