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  • Nothing cheers up a jack tar's spirit so much as seeing a Captain swinging on a generous length of Bridport hemp.

    Sharpe's Trafalgar Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2000

  • "That kind of fancy fetches a good price, though, once the tar's been taken out of 'em," says Omohundro.

    Flash For Freedom Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1971

  • "That kind of fancy fetches a good price, though, once the tar's been taken out of 'em," says Omohundro.

    Flash For Freedom Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1971

  • Additionally, many different systems can read tar files, making them highly portable. tar's weaknesses include a weaker incremental backup system than dump and no interactive restore selection screen. tar

    Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage John Goerzen

  • The bullet head of one sturdy badmash cracked like an eggshell under the butt of the bold tar's musket; a second received the terrible hook square in the teeth; and a third, no other than Parmiter himself, was caught round the neck at the next lunge of the hook, and flung, with a mighty heave, full into the midst of the defenders.

    In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang

  • This little jar has got tar in it, and tar's a very wholesome and useful thing in its proper place.

    True to his Colours The Life that Wears Best Theodore P. Wilson

  • "Tak 'care o' your frocks, for that tar's weet yet," says Aleck to the lassies.

    My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

  • Jack's reply was an exclamation of joy and a more fervant grip of the honest old tar's hand.

    Jack North's Treasure Hunt Or, Daring Adventures in South America Roy Rockwood

  • He snatched the weapon from the old tar's hand, took hasty aim, and fired.

    Frank Merriwell Down South Burt L. Standish 1905

  • "When he saw the seats converted into beds he wanted to know if they didn't have a ballroom aboard, or a church, or a farm," and at the recollection of the old tar's questions all in the party had to laugh.

    Dave Porter in the Gold Fields The Search for the Landslide Mine Edward Stratemeyer 1896

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