- a common name for Union flag
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un′ion 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.
- British Terms(often cap.) the British national flag.
- any flag the overall design of which is a union.
- 1665–75
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