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Jolly Roger

[roj-er]
–noun
a flag flown by pirates, having the device of a white skull and crossbones on a black field.

Origin:
1775–85
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Jol·ly Rog·er   (jŏl'ē rŏj'ər)   
n.  A black flag bearing the emblematic white skull and crossbones of a pirate ship.

[Origin unknown.]
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Jolly Roger

A black flag with a white skull and crossbones, flown in past centuries by pirate ships.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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