| 单词 | flag-wagging |
| 释义 | > as lemmasflag-wagging flag-wagging n. (a) Military slang signalling with flags held in the hand; also attributive; (b) = flag-waving n.; also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > signal with flags flag-wagging1887 society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [noun] > rousing of public attention or excitement agitation1829 flag-wagging1887 society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > flag signalling > [noun] wig-wag1582 flag-wagging1887 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Mar. 11/1 So..slow a process as that of ‘flag wagging’. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 21 Sept. 2/2 Flag-taking (like ‘flag-wagging’) is more exhilarating than remunerative. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 20 Nov. 2/2 Flag-wagging rhetoric. 1915 G. Adam Behind Scenes at Front 130 The old name of Army Signals still exists, but flag-wagging is to Signals what Euclid is to mathematics. 1916 ‘B. Cable’ Action Front 152 Wally and me was both in the flag-wagging class. 1928 Daily Express 6 June 13 To live among them without flag-wagging or publicity. 1956 D. A. Bannerman Birds Brit. Isles V. 121 The approaching birds scattered..and no amount of frantic flag-wagging by the flankers would turn them. 1958 Times 1 Feb. 3/3 That is not a threat, is not flag-wagging, and it is not bluff. < as lemmas |
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