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top-flag

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A flag flown from the top of the mast of a sailing ship.

obsolete

Equivalents

Türkçefors

Examples

“[…] when he shall know⟳ it lies in vs, To banish him, and then to call⟳ him home, Twill make⟳ him vaile the topflag of his pride, And feare to offend the meanest noble man.”
“1647, John Fletcher and Philip Massinger, The Double⟳ Marriage, Act II, Scene 1, in The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher, Edinburgh: John Ballantyne, 1812, Volume 8, p. 36, Duke. Of whence now? Sailor. Of Naples, Naples, Naples! I see⟳ her top-flag, how she quarters Naples.”

CEFR level

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

top-hamper top-hat top-hat pension top-hat plan top-hat transform top-hatting

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