burgee
Example Sentences
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Bertarelli's catamaran, sailing under the burgee of the Societe Nautique de Geneve from landlocked Switzerland, is the width of two tennis courts and has a tilting mast that towers 17 storeys high.
From Reuters ● Feb. 4, 2010
I have a real sorrow to think that I could not fly the commodore's burgee while Sir James was still alive.
From Time Magazine Archive
With a stickpin burgee of the Royal Yacht Squadron in his necktie and a briar pipe in his mouth.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last known U. S. slave ship was The Wanderer, built as a yacht, the fastest craft flying the burgee of the New York Yacht Club.
From Time Magazine Archive
Quartermaster, stand by to dip our ensign to the cruiser as we pass her; and when she has acknowledged it, haul it and the burgee down and stow them away in the flag locker!”
From The Cruise of the Thetis A Tale of the Cuban Insurrection by Cuneo, Cyrus
