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beflag

American  
[bih-flag] / bɪˈflæg /

verb (used with object)

beflagged, beflagging
  1. to cover or deck with flags.


Etymology

Origin of beflag

First recorded in 1880–85; be- + flag 1


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There was little rejoicing on the gaily beflagged, sunshiny boulevards, but neither was there much demonstration.

From Time Magazine Archive

Every Finnish hamlet was gaily festooned and beflagged.

From Time Magazine Archive

A long file of big beflagged cars moved slowly through the surrounding palm-shaded park, bringing more conferees to the red-carpeted entrance.

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Ambassador to France Arthur K. Watson pulled up in his beflagged Cadillac outside the Chinese embassy at 11 Avenue George-V.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cean Bermudez compares the Cathedral with 'a high-pooped and beflagged ship, rising over the sea with harmonious grouping of sails, pennons and banners.'

From The Story of Seville by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley

There is no escape therefore from this beflagging of a foreign holiday—and we set out with a homesick song of Nubia, which the boatmen sing to the cadence of the oars.

From Egypt (La Mort de Philae) by William Peter Baines

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