Jolly Roger: Word of the day for September 19, 2018
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.
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.
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