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Meaning of Flags | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
flæɡz

Definitions

  1. Nickname for a flag lieutenant.
    slang
  2. Nickname for a flag lieutenant

Equivalents

العربية الأعلام
Español banderas
Français flags

Examples

“Suddenly the flag lieutenant grabbed an air vice-marshal's daughter by the hand and dragged her past the Charltons […] Flags was always doing something of this sort, and although Paul did not know him, he disliked it […]”
“[…] up the Flag Lieutenant to inform him that a cow would have to accompany the distinguished passenger. "Flags" was rather horrified at this, so Louis, overworked and slightly irritable, said, "Very well — no damn cow, no damn general — […]”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Flagship flagship species Flagships Flagstaff Flagstaff County Flagstaff Gully

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