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Stars and Stripes

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Stars and Stripes
n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
The flag of the United States.
Stars and Stripes
n
(History / Heraldry) (functioning as singular) the. the national flag of the United States of America, consisting of 50 white stars representing the present states on a blue field and seven red and six white horizontal stripes representing the original states Also called the Star-Spangled Banner
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Noun1.Stars and StripesStars and Stripes - the national flag of the United States of America
American flag, Old Glory, Star-Spangled Banner
flag - emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
Translations
Stars and Stripes npl the Stars and Stripes → la bandiera a stelle e strisce
Stars and Stripes npl the Stars and Stripes → la bandiera a stelle e strisce


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Ah, I thought so--" as the Stars and Stripes fluttered to the mast-head.
Adventure by London, Jack View in context
On the one were the Stars and Stripes, on the other the Shamrock and Thistle.
The Yellow Crayon by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
And when, again upon the shore, we turned and saw from the vessel's mast her name signalled in flags of joyous colours, and fluttering by their side the beautiful American banner with its stars and stripes, - the long three thousand miles and more, and, longer still, the six whole months of absence, so dwindled and faded, that the ship had gone out and come home again, and it was broad spring already in the Coburg Dock at Liverpool.
American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context
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