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jack tar
jack-tar
/
ˈdʒækˈtɑr
/
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[
jak
-
tahr
]
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noun
a sailor.
Also,
Jack Tar.
Origin:
1775–85
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Jack Tar
—
n
literary
chiefly
a sailor
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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