"mahogany flat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mahogany flats [plural]
Etymology: From their colour and shape. Head templates: {{en-noun}} mahogany flat (plural mahogany flats)
  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) A bedbug. Tags: UK, obsolete, slang
    Sense id: en-mahogany_flat-en-noun-NZSo0~EL Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "text": "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.",
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