flagstaff
noun
flagstaffs
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pluralof flagstaff.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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When displayed at the same location on separate poles, the code says, they “should be displayed on flagpoles or flagstaffs of the same height” and “the flags should be of approximately equal size.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2022
Mitchel Square in Washington Heights is named for him, and the two commemorative flagstaffs in the plaza in front of the main public library on Fifth Avenue memorialize Mitchel.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2011
Some P.W.s wielded crude, homemade flagstaffs, their jagged points torn from beer cans.
From Time Magazine Archive
Boot heels click and swords flash in the sun; hands sweep neatly to helmet brims and pennants slowly change place on flagstaffs.
From Time Magazine Archive
The two tall poles, with the upturned baskets, the devil-catchers, rose like flagstaffs from both sides of the door.
From The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington) O'Brien
