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Subject: TWL: Re: burgee
From: Zeke Anderson (zeekstah@XXX.XXX)
Date: Sun Dec 02 2001 - 08:31:32 EST
burgee
burgee (ber-jê´, bûr´jê) noun
Nautical.
A small distinguishing flag displayed by a yacht.
[Perhaps from French dialectal bourgeais, shipowner, from Old French
burgeis, citizen, from bourg, bourg. See BOURG.]
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> OK, what is a burgee and why is it called such?
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> A. Lurker, PDQ, RSVP
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