flatcatcher

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noun

An animal in poor condition that may be sold to an unwitting purchaser.

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Meanings

nounflatcatcher (plural flatcatchers)

plural flatcatchers

  1. datedslangAn animal in poor condition that may be sold to an unwitting purchaser.

    […] the limbs don't grow in proportion, and a heavy-topped light-timbered brute comes into the market unsaleable, or perchance a flatcatcher.

    1871, Bath and West and Southern Counties Society, Journal, page 237

Origin

flat + catcher; see flat (“a fool”).

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APA

flatcatcher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flatcatcher

MLA

“flatcatcher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flatcatcher. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flatcatcher,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flatcatcher.

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