union jack
a jack consisting of the union of a national flag or ensign, as the U.S. jack, which has the white stars and blue field of the union of the U.S. national flag.
(often initial capital letter) the British national flag.
any flag the overall design of which is a union.
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How to use union jack in a sentence
By the time they hung up their union jack dresses in 2000, the Spice Girls had sold over 55 million records worldwide.
They drove the union jack-branded Mini the short distance from the Brandenburg Gate to the British Embassy.
Beatrice and Eugenie - The Mini Princesses Take Berlin | Tom Sykes | January 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Queen and James Bond jumped out of a helicopter in union jack parachutes!
And there were booties, a cropped leather jacket, an Alexander McQueen skull scarf and glittering union jack clutch.
The Turner Prize-winning duo reinterprets the union jack for their largest show to date in Berlin and Paris.
The citadel was therefore rapidly entered, and the union-jack displayed on the walls.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanNo doubt the apparition in the bay of a force flying the tricolor and the union-jack frightened the people.
The British Expedition to the Crimea | William Howard RussellThe Union-jack floats over it, the State of Maine is its next-door neighbor, and fish and fog are its principal productions.
A Changed Heart | May Agnes FlemingThe union jack of England was soon run up in answer, and followed by a shot.
The Cruise of the "Lively Bee" | John De MorganA minute later the wireless mast at the top of the airship met his view, with its tiny fluttering union jack attached to it.
The Great Airship. | F. S. Brereton
British Dictionary definitions for Union Jack
a common name for Union flag
(often not capitals) a national flag flown at the jackstaff of a vessel
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