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Jack Tar Now chiefly literary a sailor How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In the late 1820's an officer of the 80th Regiment, which was in Malta at the time, had been oversighting a squad of recruits at drill, and overheard some RN Jack Tars who had also been observing the drill squad, discussing the role of the sergeant following the squad with a pace stick. For those of a certain generation, a salty trip down there always evoked remembrance of Movietone News and terraces full of jolly Jack tars acclaiming Pompey's finest plays and players - Jack Froggatt, Peter Harris, Reg Frewin and good Jimmy Dick. |
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