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
Last week from the flagstaffs of these pampered potentates fluttered the crimson & gold of Bikaner, the blue, white & yellow of Bahawalpur, the scarlet of Patiala.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some P.W.s wielded crude, homemade flagstaffs, their jagged points torn from beer cans.
From Time Magazine Archive
Around it clustered the red-roofed wooden houses of the neighbours, and there were two or three flagstaffs always conspicuous in the clear air.
From Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler by William Senior
