Complete Definition of "Jolly Roger"

Image:Jolly-roger.svg|thumb|right|250px|A version of the Jolly Roger
English

Noun

en-noun|sg=jolly|Jolly Roger

  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, w:Robert Louis Stevenson|Robert Louis Stevenson, w:Treasure Island|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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Finnish: merirosvolippu
Norwegian: sjørøverflagg n

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