Jolly-roger definitions

A black flag bearing the emblematic white skull and crossbones of a pirate ship.
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A black flag of pirates, with white skull and crossbones.
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The traditional flag used on European and American pirate ships; often pictured as a white skull and crossbones on a black field; the blackjack.
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Origin of jolly-roger

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Sentence Examples

  • Your little pirates will enjoy making a Jolly Roger to fly on their bedroom walls or decorate their bikes.

  • Keelhaul the scurvy knaves, hoist the jolly roger!

  • Or: ' I just like a jolly Roger ' .

  • scurvy knaves, hoist the jolly roger!

  • Or: ' I just like a jolly roger '.

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