1901 S.P. Greene Flood-tide 238: The gun -thrower sprang forward. ‘Ye can’t carry off that girl, I tell ye. She's dancin’ ’long o’ me’.at gun-thrower (n.) under gun, n.1
1901 S. Greene Flood Tide 215: It’s Bayruck — wickedest old tar-jacket on the Bar [...] he’s drunk as a fool.at tar, n.1