FLAG
NOUNS
► BANDEROLE ► BANDROL ► BANNEROL a long narrow flag with cleft end, flying from the mastheads of ships, carried in battle, etc. → 1562
► BLACKJACK the black flag of a pirate → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► DUSTER a flag or ensign → 1904 naval sl.
► FANE a flag, banner, pennant → a1000 obs.
► FANIKIN a small flag or banner → 1539 obs.
► RAG a flag → c1700 US sl.
► SUN-FLAG the Japanese flag, bearing an image of the sun → 1905
► WAFF a flag, a banner; a signal made by waving → 1825 Sc.
NOUNS – PERSON
► RAG CARRIER an ensign, charged with carrying the flag → 1785 sl.
VERBS
► WIGWAG to signal with flags → World War I Amer. sl.
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