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jackatar

[jak-uh-tahr]

noun

Newfoundland.

  1. a Newfoundlander of mixed French and Native descent.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of jackatar1

1855–60; perhaps jack-tar (with -a- representing release of the stop) though the change in sense is unaccounted for

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jackass rigjack bean

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