Pronounced: CUV-uhn-tree, noun
Notes: Not the city in the UK; there is a different meaning
Yesterday’s word
The word flat-hat means “to flow how in an airplane in a reckless manner; hedgehop”
First usage
Our word came into English in the 1940s
Background / Comments
The word used in the definition above (“hedgehop”) is an older word. There is a story that in the days of the barnstormers, a low-flying plane crushed a pedestrian’s hat – the pilot was required to purchase a new hat for the pedestrian. The story is very likely made up, but our word is a nice, vivid word.
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