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flag stops

flag stops is the plural of flag stop.

Meaning of flag stop

Noun

flag stop (plural flag stops)

  1. (US) A train station at which trains stop only on request.
    • All trains stop at all stations, with the exception of a few "local" stations near Mombasa and an odd flag stop or two usually missed by the mails.1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 263
    Synonyms:
    flag station

Questions about flag stops

What is flag stops the plural of?
Flag stops is the plural of flag stop.

Words near flag stops in the dictionary

  1. flag states
  2. flag station
  3. flag stations
  4. flag staves
  5. flag stop
  6. flag stops
  7. Flag Town
  8. flag up
  9. flag, motherhood and apple pie
  10. flag-bearer
  11. flag-bearers

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