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Idiom

Jack Tar

Meaning

Alternative letter-case form of jacktar.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“The old Jack Tar told stories about his life at sea.”

“In the harbor, a weathered Jack Tar sat on a barrel and mended his fishing nets.”

“The novel depicts a lonely Jack Tar who wanders the docks, forever longing for the vast, salt-sprayed horizon he once called home.”

Examples

simple

“The old Jack Tar told stories about his life at sea.”

contextual

“In the harbor, a weathered Jack Tar sat on a barrel and mended his fishing nets.”

complex

“The novel depicts a lonely Jack Tar who wanders the docks, forever longing for the vast, salt-sprayed horizon he once called home.”

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