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Meaning of flaggery | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈflæɡəɹi/

Definitions

The ostentatious display of flags.

uncountable

Examples

“One writer said "Broadway was hidden in a cloud of flaggery." And the roll of drums, the booming of cannon, gorgeously dressed soldiers parading the streets in every direction, […]”
“The last century amply demonstrated a link between flaggery and bogus patriotism. Are flags something we should put behind us as relics of humanity's childhood?”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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