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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
blue peter
–noun Nautical.
| a blue flag with a white square in the center, designating the letter P in the International Code of Signals, flown by a vessel in port to indicate its imminent departure. |
[Origin: 1815–25
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| blue peter
n. Nautical A blue flag with a white square in the center, flown to signal that a ship is ready to sail. [From the fact that it represents the letter P in the International Code of Symbols.] |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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| blue peter | |
noun | |
| a blue flag with a white square in the center indicates that the vessel is ready to sail |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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