house flag
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of house flag
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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“Guennol had no overall plan, no house flag, no device, no motto, no hunting magic,” Mr. Martin, a tennis champion and heir to a steel fortune, once wrote in a catalog essay.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2010
Now its fleet of steamers carries the checkered C. P. R. house flag over Atlantic and Pacific, sometimes around the world.
From Time Magazine Archive
Under its house flag in normal times sails a chartered merchant fleet as large as the whole mercantile marine of France.
From Time Magazine Archive
If Merritt-Chapman & Scott has to haul down its famous blackhorse house flag, which has waved since Israel Merritt's day, a remarkable tradition will die.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I can see the red glint of her house flag."
From Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport by J. V. McFall
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