"Skeleton Rock" was the gang's identification, and they had used the same device on their revolutionary pirate flag.

The group celebrates its existence at most games by the waving of pirate flags and wearing of pirate costumes.

Her red pirate flag honoring the Tampa Bay Buccaneers includes the Roman numerals from the team's 2003 Super Bowl victory.

It was used thus on pirate flags, to strike fear into the hearts of the pirates' victims.

Now, the football team bears a "Snowcap," or a white helmet bearing a yellow pirate flag on it.

In the meantime I had suggested to the captain that he'd better lower his pirate flags and fly something more in keeping with his purportedly peaceful designs.

Did you get your pirate flag up in the lounge?

"The lobby is hung with black pirate flags, and we're lunching in the Corsair Room, the entrance to which is guarded by a swash-buckling pirate."

While Spriggs and Roberts used the same name for their flags, their flag designs were quite different, suggesting that already "Jolly Roger" was a generic term for black pirate flags rather than a name for any single specific design.

In 1780 a pirate flag was captured in battle off the North African coast by Lt Richard Curry, who later became an admiral.