[Ads-l] burgee, was Birdge-Flag

[Stephen Goranson]

"...hoist a burgee pennant...."
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Boston Gazette (published as THE Boston Gazette) <https://infoweb-newsbank-com.proxy.lib.duke.edu/apps/readex/publication-browse?p=EANX&t=pubname%3A1036CD2E61FB47A0%21Boston%2BGazette> (Boston, Massachusetts)July 1, 1728

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Subject: burgee, was Birdge-Flag

Might it be a typo for burgee flag or pennant?
Boston Gazette (published as THE Boston Gazette) <https://infoweb-newsbank-com.proxy.lib.duke.edu/apps/readex/publication-browse?p=EANX&t=pubname%3A1036CD2E61FB47A0%21Boston%2BGazette> (Boston, Massachusetts)July 1, 1728

And burgee can be antedated, before OED, e.g., at google books advanced.

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