Flags

proper nouncommon in dialogue

Nickname for a flag lieutenant.

proper noun

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slangNickname for a flag lieutenant.
Suddenly the flag lieutenant grabbed an air vice-marshal's daughter by the hand and dragged her past the Charltons […] Flags was always doing something of this sort, and although Paul did not know him, he disliked it […]
[…] up the Flag Lieutenant to inform him that a cow would have to accompany the distinguished passenger. "Flags" was rather horrified at this, so Louis, overworked and slightly irritable, said, "Very well — no damn cow, no damn general — […]

Flack · A surname.flag · A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a…flagged · Marked with a flag.

Flags · Nickname for a flag lieutenant.

flair · A natural or innate talent or aptitude.flake · A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything Flake · A surname.

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