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Showing posts with label Jolly Roger. Show all posts
Our new 'Word Of The Day' article update : Jolly Roger , n :
The traditional flag used on European and American pirate ships, often pictured as a white skull and crossbones on a black field; the blackjack. Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day, a parodic holiday invented in 1995 by John Baur (‘Ol’ Chumbucket’) and Mark Summers (‘Cap’n Slappy’), of Albany, Oregon, USA.