mahogany flat

English

From their colour and shape.

mahogany flat (plural mahogany flats)

(Britain, obsolete, slang) A bedbug.
- 1892, Sir George Giffard, Reminiscences of a Naval Officer (page 45)
  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.

单词	mahogany flat
释义	mahogany flat English Etymology From their colour and shape. Noun mahogany flat (plural mahogany flats) (Britain, obsolete, slang) A bedbug. 1892, Sir George Giffard, Reminiscences of a Naval Officer (page 45) 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. References 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
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