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Proper noun
[edit]- (UK) The flag of the United Kingdom.
- p. 1920, The Boys of Kilmichael (Irish Song, author unknown):
- Forget not the boys of Kilmichael, those brave lads so gallant and true.
- Who fought 'neath the green flag of Erin, and conquered the red, white and blue.
- p. 1920, The Boys of Kilmichael (Irish Song, author unknown):
- (US) The flag of the United States of America.
- 1843, David T. Shaw, “Columbia – the Gem of the Ocean”, Lee & Walker, page 5:
- Thy banners make tyranny tremble, When borne by the red, white and blue.
- 1843, David T. Shaw, “Columbia – the Gem of the Ocean”, Lee & Walker, page 5:
- The flag of France.
- 1917, Charles Downer Hazen, The French Revolution ad Napoleon, Henry Holt, page 120:
- The Fourteenth of July was declared the national holiday and a new flag, the tricolor, the red, white, and blue, was adopted in place of the old white banner of the Bourbons, studded with the fleur-de-lis.
- 1917, Charles Downer Hazen, The French Revolution ad Napoleon, Henry Holt, page 120:
- The flag of the Netherlands.
- 2010, Cornelia Fuykschot, Hunger in Holland, Publisher, page 144:
- Many houses now were showing flags, and the red, white and blue was a jubilation in the morning sun.
- 2010, Cornelia Fuykschot, Hunger in Holland, Publisher, page 144:
- The flag of Russia.
- 2013, Catherine Merridale, Red Fortress, Penguin, page 228:
- Lit in the national colours of red, blue and white.
Adjective
[edit]red, white and blue (comparative more red, white and blue, superlative most red, white and blue)
- (US) Quintessentially American.
- 1969, Creedence Clearwater Revival (lyrics and music), “Fortunate Son”, in Willy and the Poor Boys:
- Some folks are born made to raise the flag / they're red, white and blue
- 2007, David Harsanyi, Nanny State, →ISBN:
- What is more red, white, and blue than cheeseburgers!
- 2010, Stephen Coonts, The Red Horseman, →ISBN:
- This multilingual grunter would fit right in, as red, white and blue as a telephone solicitor hyping penny stocks to shutin geriatrics.
- 2011, Eugene Robinson, Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America, →ISBN, page 99:
- He's an intelligent man who reads books and knows history, but he could not bring himself to admit that a Puerto Rican girl's childhood in the Bronx was just as red, white, and blue as an Irish American boy's childhood in Washington.
Translations
[edit]a flag of these three colours
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