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This didn't come from some skin-head wrapped in a union-jack or a unionist poster who would be writing in green ink if they still used paper, it came from a Labour Member of Parliament.
Tom Harris vs SNP Jeff 2009
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Uttering a horrid shriek, he fell back writhing; the King recovering staggered up the parapet; the rush of knights followed, and the union-jack was planted triumphantly on the walls, just as Ivanhoe, — but we must leave him for a moment.
Burlesques 2006
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Something about the penchant for union-jack undershorts perhaps.
"Lost in the Amazon." Ann Althouse 2006
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No, quite the contrary my dear, but what a treat it would have been to be stared down by union-jack contacts!
‘hanged’ over 2005
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Get out the rancid tube of Factor 12 Puttyblockonthesunah, score 5 6 packs from the Offie, take six steps back, put on union-jack shorts, take off shirt, take off string-vest and tie on top of head.
FallNet - Riot Grrls fronted by unfit bloke on loudhailer 1998
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I wore a top-hat and choker, a union-jack waistcoat, a frock-coat, and pillowcase breeches.
Cider With Rosie Lee, Laurie 1959
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A tar was at hand to climb the loftiest palm, to strip its bushy head, and hoist the union-jack.
Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver Theodore Canot
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"You see, mamma," I explained, "there's my own green boat with the union-jack, and the bat I liked best before papa gave me my last new one, and the dissected map of the queens of England."
The Story of the White-Rock Cove Anonymous
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When the mast was fitted in, and the new sails bent, the little sloop looked as jaunty as a nautilus, and, according to Willis himself, was the smartest little craft that ever hoisted a union-jack.
Willis the Pilot Paul Adrien
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British union-jack for the republican ensign, and spread themselves over the sides and rigging of the ship, stretching out their hands to their enemies, and imploring assistance.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr
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