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What name for a flag was first recorded in 1724, in Captain Charles Johnson's history of the pirates, as what Bartholomew Roberts and Francis Spriggs called their banners? Neither man's flag showed a skull and crossbones. One theory derives the name from the French for 'pretty red'; another from an old nickname for the devil. (Two words: 5, 5 letters)
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