rattlesnake flag

American  

noun

1. any of a number of U.S. flags that bear a picture of a rattlesnake and the motto “Don't Tread on Me,” especially those used during the French and Indian War and the American Revolution.

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Example Sentences

The "rattlesnake flag," with a reptile in the act of striking, and the legend "Don't tread on me," was largely used by the privateers.

From The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)