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  2. Skaggs family - Wikipedia

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    The Skaggs Family, starting from a small frontier town in southern Idaho, came to have an important impact on merchandising across much of the United States.During most of the 20th century, the Skaggs name was prominent on hundreds of stores throughout the West and Midwest.

  3. Coat of arms - Wikipedia

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    A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design [1] on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full heraldic achievement , which in its whole consists of a shield, supporters , a crest , and a motto .

  4. List of British regional nicknames - Wikipedia

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    Colchies, Romans, Camuloonies, Steamies, Castlers, Cross 'n' Crowners (after Colchester's coat of arms). Colerne Hoof-polishers Colne Colons (pejorative if an allusion to the large intestine is intended) Congleton Beartowners, [31] Congos Copthorne Yellow-bellies [9] Corby Cobras, Plastic Jocks (the new town was populated by Scottish immigrants ...

  5. Origin of coats of arms - Wikipedia

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    Every noble family claims to have been granted a coat of arms by a prestigious personage. [Ha 9] The adoption of the coat of arms by non-combatants attests to the symbolic significance of this object, which is an emblem of power and strength, but also of peace and justice, and shows the link between the individual and the group. [Ha 2]

  6. Skaggs - Wikipedia

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    Skaggs may refer to: Skaggs Companies , predecessors to many famous United States retailing chains, including Safeway, Albertsons, Osco, and Longs Drug Stores Skaggs family , a family prominent in merchandising

  7. Heraldry - Wikipedia

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    The German Hyghalmen Roll was made in the late 15th century and illustrates the German practice of repeating themes from the arms in the crest. (See Roll of arms).. Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree.

  8. Escutcheon (heraldry) - Wikipedia

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    In heraldry, an escutcheon (/ ɪ ˈ s k ʌ tʃ ən /) is a shield that forms the main or focal element in an achievement of arms. The word can be used in two related senses. In the first sense, an escutcheon is the shield upon which a coat of arms is displayed. In the second sense, an escutcheon can itself be a charge within a coat of arms.

  9. Scottish heraldry - Wikipedia

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    Scottish heraldry operates under the supposition that all those who share the same surname are related, however distantly. Consequently, where a coat of arms for the head of a family already exists, new grants of arms to individuals with the same surname will generally be variations on those arms. [13] "[T]he salient feature of Scottish ...