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Definition: Blue Flag |
Blue FlagNoun1. A common iris of the eastern United States having blue or blue-violet flowers; root formerly used medicinally. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Literature | Blue Flag He has hoisted the blue flag. He has turned publican or fishmonger, in allusion to the blue apron at one time worn by publicans, and still worn by fishmongers. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | BLUE FLAG. He has hoisted the blue flag; he has commenced publican, or taken a public house, an allusion to the blue aprons worn by publicans. See ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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Synonym: Blue FlagSynonym: Iris versicolor (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Blue Flag |
| English words defined with "blue flag": Blue Peter ♦ Iris virginica ♦ southern blue flag. (references) |
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Expressions using "blue flag": blue flag at starboard side of the wheel house ♦ southern blue flag. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bonnie blue flag | 43 |
blue flag | 27 |
blue flag iris | 8 |
red white and blue flag | 7 |
black blue flag | 7 |
beach blue flag | 6 |
blue flag service star | 5 |
blue flag root | 3 |
blue flag red sermon white | 3 |
blue flag lady red sexy white | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "blue flag"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Japanese Kanji | 花菖蒲 (iris), 青い旗 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | あおいはた, はなしょうぶ (iris). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ueblay agflay.(various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-f-g-l-l-u" | |
-1 letter: baleful. | |
-2 letters: bagful, befall, beflag, begall, begulf, beluga, bullae, ullage. | |
-3 letters: bagel, belga, bugle, bulge, bulla, fable, fella, fugal, fugle, gable, gleba, label, legal. | |
-4 letters: able, ague, alef, bale, ball, beau, bell, blae, blue, bull, egal, fall, feal, fell, flab, flag, flea, flub, flue, fuel, full, gale, gall, glue, gulf, gull, leaf, leal, lube. | |
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