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Flag waving   /flæg wˈeɪvɪŋ/   Listen
Flag waving

noun
1.
An appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions.  Synonym: jingoism.





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"Flag waving" Quotes from Famous Books



... were compelled to make a tack to the eastward, when we sighted another lagoon island, on which, near the entrance, we saw a flag waving in the air, and near it a number of natives, all more or less dressed in shirts and trousers of various colours. They had no arms in their hands; and as we approached the entrance of the lagoon in a boat ...
— The Cruise of the Dainty - Rovings in the Pacific • William H. G. Kingston
... Mattissart," he said laughing. "I am told that you and this young militia-man floated down the mill-stream into this mill, with the French flag waving over your heads, to the no small discouragement of the English. Quebec will ...
— The Chase Of Saint-Castin And Other Stories Of The French In The New World • Mary Hartwell Catherwood


Words linked to "Flag waving" :   demagoguery, demagogy


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