Jolly Roger
Example Sentences
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One of my earliest codified rules was that, while I would be completely transparent about pirate season and all that it entails, never once would my wife lay eyes upon the Jolly Roger.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2023
“The Jolly Roger... he really didn’t want me to put a skull on that, that was the limit, he didn’t want to see that.”
From The Verge • Jun. 18, 2022
This is a club that has adopted the Jolly Roger emblem as a symbol of their fans' social and political values and whose Millerntor ground has been referred to as "a party with a pitch".
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2022
A couple blocks from the Jolly Roger, congregants at the Free Will Baptist Church have been trying to wrap their heads around it, said Keith Pack, a church deacon.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2021
Just like in the wakeful dream, the Jolly Roger moves impossibly fast.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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