Many thanks to Owen Grimes for more of the Nautical Trivia. Much appreciated. NAUTICAL TRIVIA 38: Jack Tar; Tar, a slang term for a sailor, has been in use since at least 1676. The term Jack Tar was in use by the 1780s. Early sailors wore overalls and broad-brimmed hats made of tar-impregnated fabric called tarpaulin cloth. The hats and the sailors who wore them, were called tarpaulins which eventually became shortened to tars. The term is still used today in Commonwealth navies.
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