skull and crossbones
noun
plural skulls and crossbones
: a representation of a human skull over crossbones usually used as a warning of danger to life
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Stokes, who has long hair and glasses, giving him the look of a scientific David Foster Wallace, decorated his office with a poster of a skull and crossbones.
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Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
Lola fashioned a pair of baggy light blue jeans with a worn leather jacket and a shirt featuring a skull and crossbones.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 18 June 2024
And its best mariners will continue to fly the skull and crossbones.
—Michael Lyon Baker, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2010
The ultimate prop was the pirate flag, which could be decorated with a skull and crossbones (as in the classic Jolly Roger design), bleeding hearts, hourglasses, spears, cutlasses and skeletons.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024
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Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
Lola fashioned a pair of baggy light blue jeans with a worn leather jacket and a shirt featuring a skull and crossbones.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 18 June 2024
And its best mariners will continue to fly the skull and crossbones.
—Michael Lyon Baker, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2010
The ultimate prop was the pirate flag, which could be decorated with a skull and crossbones (as in the classic Jolly Roger design), bleeding hearts, hourglasses, spears, cutlasses and skeletons.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024
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skull and crossbones
noun
skull and cross·bones
-ˈkrȯs-ˌbōnz 
plural skulls and crossbones
: a representation of a human skull over crossbones used as a warning of danger to life
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