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==English==

Noun

Inter: en-noun » !

Inter: U » K A gun in an artillery train bearing a flag.

1. Inter: quote-book »

| year = 1814
| title = The Beauties of England and Wales: or Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County
| first = Edward Wedlake
| last = Brayley
| volume = 10
| location = London
| page = 717
| pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=fa4vAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA717&dq=%22flag+gun%22
| passage = Major Lawrence returned answer, 'that the English colours were carried on the flag gun of their artillery, which if Mons. D'Aotenil would look out for, he might thence discover where the English were posted ; and that, although he was as unwilling as himself to spill European blood, yet if any shots came that way he should certainly return them.'

Inter: quote-book »

| date = 2009-08-01
| title = Looking Forward, Looking Back: Customs and Traditions of the Australian Army
| first = Christopher
| last = Jobson
| publisher = Big Sky Publishing
| isbn = 9780980325164
| ol = 25420093M
| page = 55
| pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=5wZa2sr3ol8C&pg=PA55&dq=%22flag+gun%22
| passage = Centuries ago the largest gun in an artillery train carried the equivalent of today's Queen's Colour and it was known as the “Colour” or “Flag Gun”.

Inter: seemorecite » s

1. A humorous prop gun which unfurls a small flag when its trigger is pulled.
2. Inter: quote-web »

| date = 2008-10-14
| author = Mike
| title = Wanna know how I got these scars? They were $3.49 . . .
| blog = The Sockpuppet Asylum
| url = http://xshirox.livejournal.com/607680.html
| passage = "I'm going all out with the props. A rubber fish with a big smile, a bang flag gun, and a kazoo. . . ."

Inter: quote-web »

| date = 2011-09-20
| blog = The Art Blog
| title = Belknapʼs bizarro world at Rebekah Templeton
| first = Dennis
| last = D’Alesandro
| url = http://theartblog.org/2011/09/belknap%CA%BCs-bizarro-world-at-rebekah-templeton/
| passage = I was waiting to be offered an exploding cigar and then shot with a bang flag gun!

Inter: quote-web »

| date = 2011-10-15
| title = Bang-Flag gun
| first = Jesse
| last = Gaffney
| site = Theatre Projects
| url = http://theatreprojects.blogspot.com/2011/10/bang-flag-gun.html
| passage = For Goodnight Moon there is a bit where one of the characters uses an old cartoon-y bang-flag gun.

Inter: seemorecite » s

Hypernyms

* Inter: sense » prop novelty, prop

See also

* TV Tropes: Bang Flag Gun

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