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house flags

house flags is the plural of house flag.

Meaning of house flag

Noun

house flag (plural house flags)

  1. Flag that identifies a shipowner.
    • The colour finish is the latest Southern green, with gold lines, with the name Channel Packet in raised lettering on a red background on a cast brass ring, surrounding a replica of the house flag of the S.R. fleet in vitreous enamel in the centre.1941 April, “British Locomotive Developments”, in Railway Magazine, pages 173, 175
  2. Flag that identifies a company, unit, or group.
    • A short time ago I asked one of the American airlines to send me a specimen of their house flag.1949, Aeronautics - Volumes 22-23, page 4
  3. A flag flown at a house.
    • I was also not thrilled when two neighborhood girls shredded my house flag with what must have been sharp objects or scissors.2012, Jane-Alexandra Krehbiel, What I Learned from Daniel, →ISBN, page 27

Questions about house flags

What is house flags the plural of?
House flags is the plural of house flag.

Words near house flags in the dictionary

  1. house dust mite
  2. house dust mites
  3. house finch
  4. house finches
  5. house flag
  6. house flags
  7. house flea
  8. house floor
  9. house floors
  10. house frau
  11. house fraus

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