jackie tar

[ jak-ee ]

noun

, Newfoundland.

1. jackatar.

Example Sentences

Jackie Tar is a roasty brown stout, and The Kings Taxes is sweet and a touch smoky; both are brews that challenge the misconception that dark beers have to be “heavy” and strong.

From Los Angeles Times

Then a great clatter of talk arose from all the Japanese dolls, which sounded like a lot of chickens calling for their dinner; but Kernel Cob and Jackie Tar and the Villain and Sweetclover paid no heed to them, but only tugged the harder till they had the kite out into the middle of the road.

From Project Gutenberg

"I might have known it was Friday," said Jackie Tar, for sailors are very superstitious.

From Project Gutenberg

"Well, that's what the toy-maker will do if you don't escape him," said Jackie Tar, and his eyes would have bulged if they had been real ones instead of just painted.

From Project Gutenberg

They hurried away in the direction of the water, which Jackie Tar said he knew, for, said he, "A sailor can always smell the salt sea air, no matter how far away he may be."

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