flag-wagger

He slipped with a rasp of nails on rock, waved his arms in a manner likely to cause envy in any mere flag-wagger, and recovered himself with all the clatter and confusion inseparable, under such circumstances, from the saving of self-respect and the knees of skirt or breeches.

Leonie of the Jungle Joan Conquest

A flag-wagger flutters his flag in eager question.

With Rimington L. March Phillipps

‘But consider, my dear old flag-wagger, how on earth do you imagine this beautiful soul down here ever heard about the oak?

Sweet Danger Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1933

‘But consider, my dear old flag-wagger, how on earth do you imagine this beautiful soul down here ever heard about the oak?

Sweet Danger Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1933