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Stars and Stripes

noun

the national flag of the U.S., consisting of 13 horizontal stripes that are alternately red and white, representing the original states, and of a blue field containing 50 white stars, representing the present states.

Stars and Stripes

the Stars and Stripes
the Stars and Stripes functioning as singular 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 known asthe Star-Spangled Banner

Stars and Stripes

The national flag of the United States. Its fifty stars represent the fifty states; its thirteen stripes represent the thirteen colonies that became the original states.

When the Revolution broke out, he obtained command of a ship, and was the first to fly the Stars-and-Stripes in foreign waters.

A little later, flying the Stars-and-Stripes at her masthead, she anchored off the bay at Quiberon.

At the same instant up went the Stars-and-Stripes aboard the American.

April 20, 2024flabbergast

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