jackatar
American
[jak-uh-tahr]
/ ˈdʒæk əˌtɑr /
noun
Newfoundland.
Etymology
Origin of jackatar
1855–60; perhaps jack-tar (with -a- representing release of the stop) though the change in sense is unaccounted for
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