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v. To cover a person in sticky tar, then covered in feathers which stick to the tar. An archaic means of humiliating a person.

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“M.E. Connection) would tar and feather them, but like the great Apostle of the Gentiles, I thought in myself "none of these things move me," for it was”

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Tar

I'll accept any words or phrases with "tar" in them, but I'm especially interested in words that could lead to a joke based on the different meanings of tar and pitch.

tar, guitar, sitar, dutar, dotara, tar and feather, coal tar, tarred with the s..., wood-tar, jacktar, La Brea Tar Pits, Carpinteria Tar Pits and 26 more...
And Another Thing

adam and eve, again and again, alpha and omega, arts and crafts, b and b, back and forth, bacon and eggs, be-all and end-all, bells and whistles, black and blue, black and tan, blood and guts and 165 more...
T is for Tin Pan Alley

My T Words

tagony, tard wrangler, tavern, tea for two, technicolor, telly, that's the ticket, thumbkin, thunderbolt, tiger lily, tin pan alley, tomahawk and 56 more...

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