jack-tar
Example Sentences
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“Wot on airth’s all the noise about in that there corner?” exclaimed a Jack-tar, who was trying hard to tell an interminable story to a quiet shipmate in spite of the din.
From Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
“Oh, I thought it had been the ghost,” said Gurney, somewhat relieved, for that fat little Jack-tar fully believed in apparitions, and always listened to a ghost story in fear and trembling.
From The Red Eric by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
A jolly Jack-tar having strayed into Atkins's show at Bartholomew Fair, to have a look at the wild beasts, was much struck with the sight of a lion and a tiger in the same den.
From The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings by Lemon, Mark
The American is large-hearted and good-natured, and when a few of his comrades join in a good work, he will aid them with a lavish and Jack-tar like generosity.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. by Various
The other, as his dress betokened, was a Jack-tar of the Royal Navy.
From The Thorogood Family by Austin, Henry
