merchant flag
Americannoun
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A representation of the Italian merchant flag will be found on Plate V. No. 5.
From Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. by Andrew Macgeorge
Let your deeds express your gratitude; and if you behave as well under the pennant as you have hitherto done under the merchant flag, I shall be more than satisfied.
From The Log of a Privateersman by W. (William) Rainey
"Then what's that flag doing there?" the Coast Guard officer asked, pointing to the reversed British merchant flag which still hung at the gaff.
From The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
The merchant flag is the same without the shield and crown.
From Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. by Andrew Macgeorge
An hour went by, another, and the deceptive British merchant flag still fluttered from the rigging of the Noank.
From The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution by W. O. Stoddard
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