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Jack Sparrow
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English
Etymology
From the character Jack Sparrow of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
Noun
A flamboyant pirate.
en He was going to become the Jack Sparrow of the movies. https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Art_of_Apex_Legends/VYYxEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the+jack+sparrow+of%22+-%22pirates+of+the+caribbean%22&pg=PA28&printsec=frontcover 28 Dark Horse Comics The Art of Apex Legends: Volume 1 Respawn Entertainment 2022
en César was the Jack Sparrow of Johnson County. He stole heaps of cosmetics, bottles of vodka, and even a Halloween pump-kin once. Over the course of several years he reportedly made off with boatloads of product from luxury salons and a grand bottle of Thierry Mugler perfume from the counter at Saks 5th Avenue. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Impossibly_Glamorous/mQuEDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the+jack+sparrow+of%22+-%22pirates+of+the+caribbean%22&pg=PT11&printsec=frontcover Impossibly Glamorous: How a Misfit from Kansas Became an Asian Sensation Charles St. Anthony 2017 Impossibly Glamorous Studios
en Lepidus headed to Africa; and Octavian was saddled with the task of piecing Italy back together and tackling Sextus Pompey (Pompey's son), who, acting as the Jack Sparrow of the Mediterranean, was causing a grain crisis in Rome. Taylor & Francis The Romans Abigail Graham, Antony Kamm 2014 https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Romans/SxEhBQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1
en He's off to some coding camp to learn how to be the Jack Sparrow of computers or something like that. Next month we're thinking of paying a visit to my mother in Alari. See how she's getting on with the new neighbours and all that. Plus it'll be cooler there. Less wet too, if luck's on our side. A Flight of Broken Wings Nupur Chowdhury 2018 https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Flight_of_Broken_Wings/vxgvEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1
en terms derived from fiction eponyms
en Fictional characters