Flags

flags English Proper noun en military slang Nickname for a flag lieutenant. en 1959 John Gilbert Face in the Clouds 102 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 en 1971 Piet van der Byl From Playgrounds to Battlefields 1 193 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 —