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Definition of "liberty-pole" [liberty-pole]

  • A tall flagstaff set up in honor of liberty, usually surmounted with the liberty-cap or other symbol of liberty. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "liberty-pole" in a sentence
  • "Sometimes he smiled, and it was good to see; but when he straightened himself up like a liberty-pole, and the lightning begun to flicker out from under his eyebrows, you wanted to climb a tree first, and find out what the matter was afterwards."
  • "About sixty barrels of flour were broken open, a large quantity of cannon-balls thrown into the wells, the liberty-pole cut down, and the court-house set on fire."
  • "Davis had never seen that old liberty-pole, and never heard the chimes which still ring out from that old belfry?"