badge of honour
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbadgeandhonour
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badge
noun[C]
uk/bædʒ/us/bædʒ/
a small piece of metal or plastic with words or a picture on it, that you carry with you or fasten to your clothing or something else, in order to show who you are, that you are a member of a ...
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honour
noun
uk/ˈɒn.ər/us/ˈɑː.nɚ/
a quality that combines respect, being proud, ...
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(Definition ofbadgeandhonourfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Latin remained thebadgeofhonourthat distinguished the man of culture.
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That can be nothing but abadgeofhonour.
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We equally reject the notion that it will be abadgeofhonour.
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The difficulty, of course, will be for anyone to escape thisbadgeofhonour.
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We are all saying that thatbadgeofhonourshould be worn by this country.
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He is then given what we are told is thebadgeofhonour—a certificate of registration.
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I regard that as abadgeofhonour.
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Such schemes can be a real boost to private sector landlords; they are almost abadgeofhonour.
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They do not want a minor penalty that becomes abadgeofhonourfor some young oik.
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It is not abadgeofhonour, and should not be considered as such by those responsible.
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This is yet another tremendousbadgeofhonour.
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Indeed, the hospital was rated so highly that service at the hospital has been abadgeofhonourfor those who work there.
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I wear it as abadgeofhonourand not as a charge.
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I am sure that they would be delighted to be given thatbadgeofhonour.
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That is abadgeofhonourthat he takes with him.
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Instead, they consider it to be abadgeofhonour.
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To them it is abadgeofhonourthat they have never been in rent arrears.
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But is it not time that old age was in itself abadgeofhonour, and did not, as it does for so many to-day, carry the stigma of reproach?
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It is abadgeofhonourfor him and his friends to appear before a court, to be found guilty of an offence and to be fined.
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It should be abadgeofhonourfor the food industry to boast that its food is contamination free, that it has done everything possible to protect the public.
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