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   Jolly Roger

   /ˌdʒɒlɪ ˈrɒdʒə/

   noun

   • 1. a pirate's flag with a white skull and crossbones on a black background.

   Word Origin early 18th century: apparently from jolly1 + the male given name Roger, possibly in the old dialect sense ‘the Devil’.

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