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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—F

Flag of Distress

A card at one's window announcing “lodgings” or “board and lodgings.” The allusion is evident. A flag reversed, hoisted with the union downwards.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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