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
There may be some boats flying the Dollar house flag upon which a passenger cannot easily obtain liquor; if there are I haven't heard of them.
From Time Magazine Archive
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In Alaskan waters and off the Maine Coast, in the Great Lakes and Puget Sound, operate 1,100 fishing boats flying the red diamond house flag of Booth Fisheries Co.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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They ought to be put right under our house flag for credit alone.
From Java Head by Hergesheimer, Joseph
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