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
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
Last week, having mulled over the idea for two years, he moved to bring the three lines' 47 ships together under the A.P.L. house flag.
From Time Magazine Archive
At her stern fluttered the custom house flag.
From A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West by Frank Norris
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