flag station
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of flag station
An Americanism dating back to 1845–50
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
At the tiny flag station of Wykes, C.N.R.'s No. 11, more than an hour late, slid to an unscheduled stop.
From Time Magazine Archive
Just beyond the flag station at White Point, where the forest-clad slopes of the great hills crowded in upon the railroad track, a scene of utter lawlessness was being silently enacted.
From The Law-Breakers by Cullum, Ridgwell
It was merely a flag station, but the conductor said he would stop there for any passenger who might wish to get off.
From Dave Porter and the Runaways Last Days at Oak Hall by Boehm, H. Richard
They were rushing for the flag station, gesticulating as they came.
From The Law-Breakers by Cullum, Ridgwell
The railroad has a flag station at the farm known as Hopkins station.
From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by Folsom, William Henry Carman
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
