also flag-pole, 1782, from flag (n.1) + pole (n.1). Flagpole-sitting as a craze is attested from 1927.
flagellum
flageolet
flagitious
flagman
flagon
flagpole
flagrance
flagrant
flagship
flagstaff
flagstone
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