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单词 black flag
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black flag

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noun

a pirate flag, usually of black cloth with a white skull and crossbones on it; Jolly Roger.
a flag having two yellow and two black squares, signifying the letter L in the International Code of Signals: formerly so called when used by itself to indicate the presence of cholera on board a vessel.
a signal given to an automobile racing driver to stop, usually because the car may have a dangerous problem that requires inspection.
Also called blackjack (for defs. 1, 2).

Origin of black flag

First recorded in 1585–95

Words nearby black flag

Black Ferns, black-figure, blackfin, blackfire, blackfish, black flag, black flux, black fly, black fog, Blackfoot, black-footed ferret
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Example sentences from the Web for black flag

  • Knowing that we could not escape from her, the stranger openly showed his colors—the pirate's black-flag.

    Harper's Round Table, August 13, 1895|Various
  • One hundred black-flag Taaisha, the Khalifa's own Baggara tribesmen and part of his body-guard, charged impetuously.

    Khartoum Campaign, 1898|Bennet Burleigh

British Dictionary definitions for black flag

black flag

noun

another name for the Jolly Roger
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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