Badge and Cross

Badge

Badge noun - An emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.).

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Cross and badge are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Cross" instead a noun "Badge".

Nearby Word: badger

Cross noun - A test of faith, patience, or strength.

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Badge and cross are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Badge" instead a noun "Cross".

good	good badge	good cross
similar	similar badge	similar cross
genuine	genuine badge	genuine cross
small	small badge	small cross
Other adjectives: actual, large, big, great, little, white, ancient, final, yellow, double, last, golden, shiny.

In the The Goodies episode Silly Scouting, Graeme and Bill, playing overage boy scouts, are trying to earn a proficiency badge for Helping Old Ladies Cross the Street.

Source: Helping Granny Cross the Street
A sketch on You're Skitting Me has a pair of Girl Guides acting like a protection racket and strong-arming an old man into letting them help him across a road (that he didn't want to cross) in order to earn their Being Helpful badge.

Source: Girl Scouts Are Evil
Throughout the show he struggles with childhood abuse, his sexual orientation, and his religious beliefs Humorously one Law and Order cross-over had a suspect/witness mis-read Detective Munch's NYPD guest badge as 'Defective Monk'.

Source: Series / Homicide: Life on the Street

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