Sheets and other flat items of laundry (like tablecloths and towels), or flat decorative ironwork.
Compound of 'flat' + 'work,' used in both laundry services and metalworking contexts since the 1800s.
Old-timey laundries would separate 'flatwork' (sheets and table linens) from other clothes because they needed special pressing machines with large flat surfaces.
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