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jackatar n One 'jackatar' sympathetically suggested that a drop of "old tom" was a grand thing to steady one at sea. To be checked. [in blue pen ->] One Jack tar _Eve tel_ 26 Oct [in blue pen ->] p.1 PRINTED ITEM DNE Sup 1986 ERROR for the spelling Jack tar [variety of rum]...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1988
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38023
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Summary:jackatar n One 'jackatar' sympathetically suggested that a drop of "old tom" was a grand thing to steady one at sea. To be checked. [in blue pen ->] One Jack tar _Eve tel_ 26 Oct [in blue pen ->] p.1 PRINTED ITEM DNE Sup 1986 ERROR for the spelling Jack tar [variety of rum]for _old tom_ not in DNE--maybe deliberately withdrawn] To be checked. = One Jack tar _Eve Tel_ 26 Oct p. 1 G. M. Story MAY 5 1988 [check] WK Used I and Sup Used Sup 2 Used Sup jackie tar, jackitar, jack-o-tar, jackotaw, jacky tar Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Wed 19 Aug 2015, citation in DNE but with a different source

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