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house flag

American  

noun

  1. a flag flown by a merchant ship, bearing the emblem of its owners or operators.


Etymology

Origin of house flag

First recorded in 1880–85

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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

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

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

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

The red ensign was already fluttering from a staff at the stern, and the house flag of David Verity & Co. was at the fore, but these emblems did not satisfy Coke's fighting mettle.

From The Stowaway Girl by Tracy, Louis

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