Jack Tar

"Jack Tar," with his brother marines, would sit round the camp fires and roast his rib of beef with as much zest and pleasure as though he were native to the plains.

Recollections of a naval life : including the cruises of the Confederate States steamers, "Sumter" and "Alabama", 1900

He sometimes spoke of himself as "Jack Tar," but probably he had heard his friends call him so, because he was dressed like a little sailor.

The Loss of the Royal George William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

If you want to know what life as a tall ship sailor is like, head over to Jack Tar.

A Pirate’s Life For Me 2010

The Brits needed maximum coverage, meaning lots of ships, even if individually smaller and weaker, relying on Jack Tar to make up the difference.

Cochrane: Britannia’s Sea Wolf, by Donald Thomas. Book review Carla 2008

He becomes at the best a kind of imitation Jack Tar.

The Land of Midian 2003

A whole host of laws that circumscribed the rights and lives of American and British sailors from colonial times until the Civil War is included in Jesse Lemisch, “Jack Tar in the Streets: Merchant Seamen in the Politics of Revolutionary America,” William and Mary Quarterly 25 July 1968, pp. 377-380, text and footnotes.

A Furnace Afloat JOE JACKSON 2003

Such sittings could be stiff but Clough seems at ease, even cocky, a proud Jack Tar at age 20.

A Furnace Afloat JOE JACKSON 2003

Eventually Father bought a beautiful 36-foot racing sloop, an “R” boat named Jack Tar, undoubtedly as a concession to my older brothers.

To Be a Rockefeller Rockefeller, David 2002

Eventually Father bought a beautiful 36-foot racing sloop, an “R” boat named Jack Tar, undoubtedly as a concession to my older brothers.

To Be a Rockefeller Rockefeller, David 2002

He knew he was rolling in his gait like any Jack Tar, and yet, try as he would, he could not check the tendency while the solid earth seemed to seesaw under his feet.

Hornblower And The Crisis Forester, C. S. 1967