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Union Jack
[f. union n.1 + jack n.3]
Originally and properly, a small British union flag flown as the jack of a ship; in later and more general use extended to any size or adaptation of the union flag (even when not used as a jack), and regarded as the national ensign. See Union flag a and union n.1 10 a.
Written either with capitals or small initials.
1674Lond. Gaz. No. 924/1 To Charge..His Subjects.., That from henceforth they do not presume to wear His Majesties Jack (commonly called, The Union Jack) in any of their Ships or Vessels, without particular Warrant. 1694,1702[see jack n.3]. 1801Union Magazine Jan. 52 The Royal Union standard was hoisted on the Tower;..the Union Jack on the Parade. 1822Admiralty Order in Lond. Gaz. No. 17871. 1893/1 We..authorize all His Majesty's subjects to hoist the Union Jack at the top-mast-head.., or at the fore-top-mast-head.., as a signal for a pilot. 1883I. L. Bishop Golden Chersonese 222 Everything was ‘ship-shape’,..a union jack over the desk, from which the liturgy was read, and a tiger-skin [etc.].
b. A figure or representation of this. Also attrib.
1848Albert Smith Chr. Tadpole xxiv. 220 Quite unexpectedly they all produced union-jack pocket-handkerchiefs, at the same moment. 1856C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain i. xix, Harry used to write his name all over his—see—and draw union-jacks on it. 1886Pall Mall G. 3 July 4/1 In Sunderland the Liberals have all taken to wear Union Jacks in their buttonholes.
Hence (with reference to the use of the union jack as a national flag) Union ˈJackery, Union ˈJackist, ˈJackite. nonce-wds.
1886Pall Mall G. 3 July 4/1 At Nottingham,..the Tory party is locally known as the Union Jackists. 1896Spectator 7 March 342 The national outbursts of ‘Union-Jackery’ in the courts and music-halls. 1901Daily Chron. 2 Dec. 10/2 Men who no doubt call themselves patriotic Union-Jackites and Big Englanders. |