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Jolly Roger   /dʒˈɑli rˈɑdʒər/   Listen
Jolly Roger

noun
1.
A flag usually bearing a white skull and crossbones on a black background; indicates a pirate ship.  Synonyms: black flag, blackjack, pirate flag.





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"Jolly Roger" Quotes from Famous Books



... michers, but a crew of honest seamen, who harm none but those who harm us. Exciseman Westhouse hath slain Cooper Dick, and it is just that he should die for it; but as to taking this young soldier's life, I'd as soon think of scuttling the saucy Maria, or of mounting the Jolly Roger at her peak.' ...
— Micah Clarke - His Statement as made to his three Grandchildren Joseph, - Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 • Arthur Conan Doyle
... government, alarmed at the bold and heinous offences committed by the Indian pirates in the Colonies, issued to him letters of marque against the French and the ubiquitous rover of the coast, whose "Jolly Roger" floating from the mizzen, with its sinister portend, struck terror to ...
— Pirates and Piracy • Oscar Herrmann


Words linked to "Jolly Roger" :   flag, skull and crossbones


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