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top-flags

top-flags is the plural of top-flag.

Meaning of top-flag

Noun

top-flag (plural top-flags)

  1. (obsolete) A flag flown from the top of the mast of a sailing ship.
    • […] 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.1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC...

Questions about top-flags

What is top-flags the plural of?
Top-flags is the plural of top-flag.

Words near top-flags in the dictionary

  1. top-dresses
  2. top-dressing
  3. top-end
  4. top-fermenting
  5. top-flag
  6. top-flags
  7. top-flight
  8. top-fuel
  9. top-grade
  10. top-hamper
  11. top-hampers

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