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jack-tar

jack-tar is the alternative form of jacktar.

Meaning of jacktar

Noun

jacktar (plural jacktars)

  1. (UK) A sailor; especially, one in the Royal Navy.
    • O! the next that steps up is a jolly Jack tar, / He sailed with Lord [Nelson]^([sic]), during last war: / He’s right on the sea, Old England to view: / He’s come a pace-egging with so jolly a crew.1857, “The Masker's Song”, in Robert Bell, editor, Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England
    Synonyms:
    jack, tar

Questions about jack-tar

What is jack-tar the alternative form of?
Jack-tar is the alternative form of jacktar.

Words near jack-tar in the dictionary

  1. jack-rabbits
  2. jack-sinker
  3. jack-sinkers
  4. jack-staff
  5. jack-staffs
  6. jack-tar
  7. jack-up
  8. jack-up-the-orchard
  9. jack-ups
  10. jack-walk
  11. Jack-with-a-lantern

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