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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

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

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

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

It will be my one consolation in leaving to feel sure you will not let the work of the house flag an inch.

From The Master of the Shell by Reed, Talbot Baines

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