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

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

It takes the British jack-tar to put the kibosh on this pirate game.

From Great Pirate Stories by French, Joseph Lewis

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.

I don’t say they don’t fight well, for I own they do their duty like men in that line; but when it comes to work, why, they ain’t in it with a jack-tar.

From By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson by Rainey, W. (William)