subs. (old).—1. A sailor; specifically a cook.
1811. GROSE and CLARKE, Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v.
1884. G. A. SALA, in Illustrated London News, 12 April, p. 339, col. 3. I should be glad to learn … why the cook’s mate is called ‘JACK-NASTY-FACE.’
2. (common).—A filthy or unpleasant-looking person: cf., JACK-NASTY.
1823. BADCOCK (‘Jon Bee’), Dictionary of the Turf, etc., s.v. JACK-NASTY-FACE—a dirty fellow.
