"Yes, my dear Squaretoes; but we don't call a burgee a flag aboard ships.". From Wordnik.com. [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference
Still others passionately advocate for the defeat of the housing bonds, and they too fly the burgee of honesty and courage. From Wordnik.com. [Measure R Dodges Another Bullet] Reference
Others sail under the aegis of brave men and women who have graciously allowed NotPropR to fly their burgee beneath their own. From Wordnik.com. [Measure R Dodges Another Bullet] Reference
As I write this, there are those among us who have actively taken hold of fate's tiller and are out in the open water with the NotPropR burgee. From Wordnik.com. [Measure R Dodges Another Bullet] Reference
Now, as she came up into the harbour, she could pass without question for a man-o'-war brig except that she flew the Royal Yacht Squadron burgee instead of a commission pendant. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower In The West Indies]
Jean Lafitte on his return busied himself with our burgee. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive] Reference
Club burgee up to the mast-head and the ensign up to the peak, and made. From Wordnik.com. [For Treasure Bound] Reference
"What do you think of my new burgee, Miss Collingsby?" asked the skipper. From Wordnik.com. [Desk and Debit or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk] Reference
Bertarelli's catamaran, sailing under the burgee of the Société Nautique de Genève from. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Corbett went below, found a red ensign, and hoisted it to the mast-head in place of the burgee. From Wordnik.com. [What Happened to the Corbetts]
The swivel pealed, down sank the burgee, a wind began to ruffle their brows, and up rolled the song. From Wordnik.com. [Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi] Reference
(AIG) brutals to sell prime burgee and raise capital, fierces say a number hard-hearteds could emerge. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
He knows that we are an English yacht, for there are our ensign and burgee to bear witness to the fact. From Wordnik.com. [The Cruise of the Thetis A Tale of the Cuban Insurrection] Reference
They proved to be excellent as looking up at the burgee was very difficult on the neck and it was hard to see. From Wordnik.com. [Sail-World.com USA Latest News] Reference
I have a foggy kind of remembrance of locking my mitten clamps fast onto that rail while the rest of me streamed out in the air like a burgee. From Wordnik.com. [Cape Cod Stories] Reference
He noticed, as they sailed into the bay, a very handsome steam yacht lying at anchor, a sea-going craft flying the New York Yacht Club's burgee. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries] Reference
More than half the boats, this April afternoon, flew from the jack-staff of each, to signify that it was her day to leave, a streaming burgee bearing her name. From Wordnik.com. [Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi] Reference
I had long ago prepared a red swallow-tailed burgee, such as the pirate had dared me to exhibit, and I immediately gave orders to hoist it at our fore royal masthead. From Wordnik.com. [A Pirate of the Caribbees] Reference
A shiny black steam-yacht, with mahogany deck-house, nickel-plated binnacles, and pink-and-white-striped awnings puffed up the harbour, flying the burgee of some New York club. From Wordnik.com. [Captains Courageous] Reference
Laird, they would dip his house-flag -- a burgee, scarlet-edged, with a fir tree embroidered in green on a field of white -- the symbol to the world that here was a McKaye ship. From Wordnik.com. [Kindred of the Dust] Reference
A triangular flag, like a burgee, flew straight out in the breeze from half-way up the cable, and the basket, looking absurdly small, hung down like a black dot below the balloon. From Wordnik.com. [Mufti] Reference
I've got the royal burgee too, and fly it only on special occasions. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Rapids] Reference
But I see by her burgee that she is merely the property of one of its members. ". From Wordnik.com. [The First Mate The Story of a Strange Cruise] Reference
On this platform, too, a mast was erected from which flew the King’s flag and the Royal Clyde Yacht Club burgee. From Wordnik.com. [South: the story of Shackleton’s last expedition 1914–1917] Reference
She may at this moment be anchored off some exclusive yacht club, flying the respectable burgee of the club -- who knows? ". From Wordnik.com. [The War Terror] Reference
Zare, "he said, turning round, and looking from stem to stern, and from the burgee at the top-mast head to the brass belaying pins. From Wordnik.com. [A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition] Reference
"At the fore truck flies our club burgee.". From Wordnik.com. [Lady Baltimore] Reference
Each has its respective signal flag or burgee. From Wordnik.com. [A Yacht Voyage Round England] Reference
"I wish you would hoist the new burgee. From Wordnik.com. [Desk and Debit or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk] Reference
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