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Meanings of badge of distinction in English

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Usage of badge of distinction in English
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While he was present he could not think of wearing such a badge of distinction.
The Story of Isaac Brock / Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper C...
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His only badge of distinction was the doctors' cap.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 1: The Middle Ages
3
In Iowa it is called a farmer's tan and it is, I believe, a badge of distinction.
The Lost Continent
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Among the Persian nobility it was frequently made of gold, being worn as a badge of distinction.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
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She was riding one of Gowdy's horses, and had that badge of distinction in those days, a side-saddle and a riding habit.
Vandemark's Folly
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However, the years would reveal to me that it is much more than a colorful decoration or a fraternal order's badge of distinction.
Understanding Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Tarot
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She had hoped to see her dear granddaughter wear one of those noble and historic names which are a badge of distinction for all time.
Phantom Fortune, a Novel
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Those republics encouraged the acquisition of those exercises, by bestowing little premiums and badges of distinction upon those who excelled in them.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
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Neither offices of state, nor of the priesthood, nor triumphs, nor badges of distinction, nor military presents, nor spoils, can fall to their share.
The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36
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At noon on the following day he put on his chain and all his badges of distinction and went to the 'Japan.' Destiny favoured him.
Love and Other Stories
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'The medallion of Washington reposed on his chest, a badge of distinction that Elizabeth well knew he only produced on great and solemn occasions.
The Pioneers; Or, The Sources of the Susquehanna