Meaning of meatball flag | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A black flag with a solid orange circle, used to summon a damaged car to the pits for repairs.
   slang
2. A white flag with a solid red circle and sixteen red rays radiating from the central circle, used as a symbol of Imperial Japan.
   historical, slang

Examples

“Then came a report⟳ over the radio from one of St. Los pilots. He was reporting seeing ships, and they weren't American. Worse still, they were close⟳. Incredulous, Admiral Sprague demanded confirmation, and, circling in closer, the pilot radioed back: "I can see⟳ pagoda masts. I see⟳ the biggest meatball flag on the biggest battleship I ever saw⟳!" He wasn't wrong, either - that "meatball flag'" was flying from the vast battleship Yamato. All 70,000-plus tons of her were steaming, at speed⟳, straight towards them, and she wasn't alone.”

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