flat store
A storage facility in which the material stored is simply piled on a floor (as opposed to a bin or silo).
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
A storage facility in which the material stored is simply piled on a floor (as opposed to a bin or silo).
: He had told me that in the old days in Chicago he had run a flat-store with a partner who had tuberculosis and also smoked cigars.
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#2·Apr 27, 2026
(gambling, slang) A crooked gambling establishment, such as a casino running rigged or fixed (dishonest) games of chance.
1962: Saul Bellow & Keith Botsford, The Noble Savage, [http://www.google.co.uk/books?id=HoAwAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22flat+store%22&ei=0BhQR676NpOSiQHI5fySBw&pgis=1 p59] (World Pub. Co)
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