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Splendid jack-tar as he was, no one could be more thoroughly disagreeable than— A Girl of the People
He came down in a few minutes, having donned his best jack-tar suit, and holding out a pretty sealskin purse to Bet.— A Girl of the People
"It ought not to have been loose, and there is a bit of discipline for some jack-tar."— Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics
"It takes the British jack-tar to put the kibosh on this pirate game.— Great Pirate Stories
Somehow it has come to be supposed or assumed that a jack-tar cannot ride.— Charlie to the Rescue

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