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}); } </script> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> var pageDictCode = "english"; var authorized = false; </script> <div id="entryContent" class="oald"><div class="entry" htag="section" sum="217" sk="flatcar: :0" hclass="entry" hlength="7" id="flatcar" bord="y" idm_id="000022592"><div class="top-container"><div class="top-g" id="flatcar_topg_1"><div class="webtop"><h1 class="headword" id="flatcar_h_1" hclass="headword" htag="h1">flatcar</h1> <span class="pos" htag="span" hclass="pos">noun</span><span class="phonetics"> <div class="phons_br" hclass="phons_br" geo="br" htag="div" wd="flatcar"><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-uk icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/media/english/uk_pron/f/fla/flatc/flatcar__gb_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/media/english/uk_pron_ogg/f/fla/flatc/flatcar__gb_1.ogg" title="flatcar pronunciation
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