jack-tar

Example Sentences

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Not many days are required to restore Shiloh to his best blithe spirits and make of him an astonishingly tough and adept jack-tar.

From Time Magazine Archive

Harry bowed like a gentleman, Mr. Stanley like a jack-tar.

From Elinor Wyllys, Volume 2 by Cooper, Susan Fenimore

Somehow it has come to be supposed or assumed that a jack-tar cannot ride.

From Charlie to the Rescue by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

Whatever became of the men from the British trawler he never knew, but his jack-tar companions were with him still and helped to keep up his spirits.

From Tom Slade on a Transport by Clarity, Thomas

He came down in a few minutes, having donned his best jack-tar suit, and holding out a pretty sealskin purse to Bet.

From A Girl of the People by Meade, L. T.