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Jolly_Roger
Jolly Roger
English
Noun
Jolly Roger (plural Jolly Rogers)
- 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.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
Translations
skull flag
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