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Union Jack

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Union Jack
1. a common name for Union flag: the national flag of the United Kingdom being a composite design composed of St George's Cross (England), St Andrew's Cross (Scotland), and Saint Patrick's Cross (Ireland)
2. a national flag flown at the jackstaff of a vessel

Union Jack
British national flag. [Br. Culture: Misc.]
See : Britain


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Noa Noah, at Sheldon's direction, ran the Union Jack up the flag- staff.
Over it flaunted a Union Jack, flapping cheerfully in the morning breeze.
On arriving before the battlements, I found the Union Jack flying and the drawbridge up; but undeterred by this show of defiance and resistance, I rang at the gate, and was admitted in a most pacific manner by the Aged.
 
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