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Jack Tar
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Jack Tar
Now chiefly literary a sailor


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Byline: By Laurence McCoy RUM has come a long way since it gave our jolly Jack tars enough Dutch courage to beat the French at Trafalgar.
Golden days for lovers of rum; Raise A Glass by Birmingham Mail (England)
The Navy's problem is what to do with 17,000 drunken sailors - our jolly Jack Tars are drinking so much that defence chiefs fear that the service's capabilities will be affected.
Why the whole world heaved a sigh of relief; Let us hope we can look ... by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
Brown's rash promise to send Britain's Jack Tars into yet another Middle Eastern war may well do the same for him.
Terror of David Vs Goliath battle by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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