• (RP) IPA: /ˌdʒɒli ˈɹɒdʒə/
• (GA) IPA: /ˌdʒɑli ˈɹɑdʒɚ/

Jolly Roger

1. The traditional flag#Noun|flag used on European and American pirate ships, often pictured as a white#Adjective|white skull and crossbones on a black#Adjective|black field#Noun|field; the blackjack. [from early 18th c.]

   Synonyms: Roger

   • 1724, Charles Johnson, “Of Captain Spriggs and His Crew”, in A General History of the Pyrates, […], 2nd edition, London: Printed for, and sold by T. Warner, […], OCLC 2276353 ↗, [https://archive.org/stream/generalhistoryof00john#page/411–412/mode/1up pages 411–412]:

     A Day or two after they parted, [Francis] Spriggs was choſe Captain by the reſt, and a black Enſign was made, which they called Jolly Roger, with the ſame Device that Captain [Edward] Low carried, viz. a white Skeliton in the Middle of it, with a Dart in one Hand ſtriking a bleeding Heart, and in the other, an Hour Glaſs; when this was finiſhed and hoiſted, they fired all their Guns to ſalute their Captain and themſelves, and then looked out for Prey.

   • 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Narrative Resumed by Jim Hawkins; the Garrison in the Stockade”, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, OCLC 702939134 ↗, part IV (The Stockade), page 151 ↗:

     The Hispaniola still lay where she had anchored; but, sure enough, there was the Jolly Roger—the black flag of piracy—flying from her peak.

• French: pavillon pirate, pavillon noir
• German: Totenkopfflagge, Totenkopffahne, Piratenflagge
• Russian: Весёлый Роджер
• Spanish: bandera pirata