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oriflamb (plural oriflambs)
- Archaic spelling of oriflamme.
1872, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “ The Student’s Second Tale. The Baron of St. Castine.”, in Three Books of Song, Boston, Mass.: James R Osgood and Company, →OCLC, book first, page 93:And the Curate draws from the pocket of his gown / A handkerchief like an oriflamb, / And wipes his spectacles,