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yellow flag

noun

  1. Nautical. quarantine flag.


yellow flag

noun

  1. another name for quarantine flag
  2. See flag 3
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of yellow flag1

First recorded in 1775–85
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Example Sentences

Occasionally a situation like this might bring about a double yellow flag, or even a single, local yellow flag.

And I walked back to my car, and there is was, the yellow flag.

She flew the yellow flag of Spain—and—as the first ball of lead cut across her bowsprit, it fluttered to the deck.

Right over in that tent with the yellow flag, and Mr. Abernot pointed to a canvas shelter some distance away.

They went over to the tent with the yellow flag, threading their way in the auto between rows of booths and new buildings.

It is as if the palace were in quarantine, with the yellow flag floating.

All these are decorated with the red and yellow flag of Spain,—the banner of blood and gold.

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