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Jolly_Roger

Jolly Roger

English

A version of the Jolly Roger

Noun

Jolly Roger (plural Jolly Rogers)

  1. the traditional flag used on European and American pirate ships; often pictured as a white skull and crossbones on a black field; the blackjack
    • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
      The Hispaniola still lay where she had anchored; but, sure enough, there was the Jolly Roger - the black flag of piracy - flying from her peak.

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