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noun 
  1. A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, wear, worn on one's clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization.
  2. A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information.
  3. A card, soetimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.
  4. Something characteristic; a mark; a token.
    • w:Shakespeare, Shakespeare
    • : Sweet mercy is nobility's true .
      1. (1811, cant) A term used for one burned in the hand.
      He has got his , and piked: He was burned in the hand, and is at liberty.
      1. (nautical) A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.
      2. (heraldry) A distinctive mark worn by servants, retainers, and followers of royalty or nobility, who, being beneath the rank of gentlemen, have no right to armorial bearings.
Translations: 
    verb (badg, ing)
    1. (transitive) To mark or distinguish with a badge.
    2. To enter a restricted area by showing one's badge.
      • w:David Simon, David Simon, w:Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, Homicide ISBN 0-8050-8075-9, p. 118 - Worden and James walk ... to the ... Courthouse ..., where they their way past sheriff's deputies and take the elevator to the third floor.
    Translations: 
      Etymology: From bagea, bagia "sign", probably of (Ger.) origin; compare with Old English beíg, beíh "bracelet", "collar", "crown". bg- in comparison to Old English bgan "to bow", "bend", biegen.


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