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fly-the-garter
ˌfly-the-ˈgarter [f. the vbl. phrase to fly the garter.] A game in which the players leap from one side of a ‘garter’ or line of stones over the back of one of their number.1818 Keats Lett. Wks. (1889) III. 153, I must..make Wordsworth and Coleman play at leap-frog, or keep one of them down a whole ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Jersey Red Ensign
had one — led Jersey's maritime authorities to request a unique Jersey red ensign be created, and a proposal was produced after discussions with the Garter Development Minister, Alan Maclean, stated that adoption of the new Jersey Red Ensign would be voluntary and Jersey registered vessels could continue to fly wikipedia.org
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fly
▪ I. fly, n.1 (flaɪ) Pl. flies (flaɪz). Forms: fléoᵹe (in comb. fléoᵹ-, fléoh-), fl{yacu}ᵹe, Northumb. fléᵹe, 2–4 fliȝe, south. vliȝe, 3 fleoȝe, flye, south. vlie, 3–4 fleȝe, south. vleȝe, fleih, south.. vleih, 3–7, 8 Sc. flie, 4– north. and Sc. flee, 4–5 flegh, (4 fleeȝe, fleh, flei(ghe, fley(e, fl... Oxford English Dictionary
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Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk
He had to return to Great Britain for reasons of state for a month during the tour, which allowed Griffith to fly out and take over in his absence, thus tree Titles and honours Titles Earl of Arundel (1908–1917) His Grace The Duke of Norfolk (1917–1975) Honours Knight of The Most Noble Order of The Garter wikipedia.org
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Wilgar Campbell
A month later, Campbell refused to leave his house to fly to a concert in Lausanne, Switzerland, and was again replaced by de'Ath. The band played across London on the blues rock circuit during the 1980s at venues including The White Lion, Putney; The Star and Garter on Lower Richmond wikipedia.org
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Lord Lyon King of Arms
England has three "Kings of Arms", or high heraldic officers (Lord Lyon is Scotland's only one): Garter Principal, Clarenceux (responsible for southern The Lord Lyon is also one of the few individuals in Scotland officially permitted to fly the "Lion Rampant", the Royal Banner of Scotland. wikipedia.org
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Liver bird
In addition to the arms and crest, Garter granted supporters on 23 March. Local legend also holds that the birds face away from each other, for if they were to mate and fly away, the city would cease to exist. wikipedia.org
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Saint George's Cross
Edward III of England chose Saint George as the patron saint of his Order of the Garter in 1348, and also took to using a red-on-white cross in the hoist Saint George rose to the position of "patron saint of England" in a process beginning in 1348 with the foundation of the Order of the Garter and culminating wikipedia.org
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Heraldic flag
In England, any armiger who has been granted a badge is entitled to fly a standard. The Guidon tapers to a round, unsplit end at the fly. wikipedia.org
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Mating plug
Another species of insect that uses a copulatory plug is Drosophila mettleri, a Sonoran Desert Fly species from the Diptera family. In Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis, commonly known as red-sided garter snakes, males deposit a gelatinous copulatory plug to seal female snake's cloacal wikipedia.org
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Highland dress
Men's Highland dress typically includes a kilt or trews of his clan tartan, along with either a tartan full plaid, fly plaid, or short belted plaid. Black formal shoes or black buckle brogues Tartan or diced kilt hose Silk garter flashes or garter ties Silver-mounted sporran in fur, sealskin or hair wikipedia.org
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Manfred Mann Chapter Three (album)
The core songs "Travelling Lady", "Snakeskin Garter", "Devil Woman", and "Time" define the album's sound: long, slow, doomy one chord riffs beneath sections The song also appeared with a different title and lyric ("Broken-Glass Lives") on the soundtrack of the film Swedish Fly Girls, recorded in 1969 by Chapter wikipedia.org
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Queen's Regiment
Whilst there, a company group were on immediate standby to fly to the Turks and Caicos Islands in deterrence to the unrest in July 1986. The regimental badge consisted of "A Dragon upon a mount within the Garter; above the Dragon and superimposed upon the Garter the Plume of the Prince of wikipedia.org
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Royal Standard of the United Kingdom
The only church that may fly a Royal Standard, even without the presence of the Sovereign, is Westminster Abbey, a Royal Peculiar. See also Banners of the members of Knights of the Garter Flags of the English Interregnum Flags of Elizabeth II Royal standards of Canada Royal Standards wikipedia.org
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Flag of Cincinnati
For its part, the Cleveland Plain Dealer dismissed the flag as a "garter". In 1936, the city erected two flag poles on either end of Fountain Square and originally planned to fly an American flag from each. wikipedia.org
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