See strike one's flag on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1864 February 7, “Very Latest Per Edinburgh”, in New York Times, retrieved 2015-07-02:",
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"ref": "1921, Jeffery Farnol, chapter 12, in Martin Conisby's Vengeance:",
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