Etymology

flatblock

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Today it means: A block of flats; an apartment block. Full definition →

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The story

From flat + block, possibly first used in Anthony Burgess's dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange (1962).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.