Jack Sparrow

plural Jack Sparrows

1. A flamboyant pirate.

   He was going to become the Jack Sparrow of the movies.

   2022, Respawn Entertainment, The Art of Apex Legends: Volume 1, Dark Horse Comics, page 28

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   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.

   2017, Charles St. Anthony, Impossibly Glamorous: How a Misfit from Kansas Became an Asian Sensation, Impossibly Glamorous Studios

   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.

   2014, Abigail Graham, Antony Kamm, The Romans, Taylor & Francis

   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.

   2018, Nupur Chowdhury, A Flight of Broken Wings