tara

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"I am far from accepting this tara diddle about your mother, Dela garde, but I take leave to inform you that there will be but one construction to be put upon the matter, if you take it upon yourself to interfere in this way."

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  1. A mere exclamation. 1 King. Tara, tara, tara, full East and by South. 2 King. We sail with Thunder in our mouth, In scorching noon-day, whil'st the traveller stayes, Busie, busie, busie, we bustle along. Buckingham, Rehearsal, v.
  2. Same as taro.
  3. Same as taliera.

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  • The music got under way on Friday night in a sharp combustion of human energy. —  Grace Slick The Biography
  • "I am far from accepting this tara diddle about your mother, Dela garde, but I take leave to inform you that there will be but one construction to be put upon the matter, if you take it upon yourself to interfere in this way." —  Gatlinburg
  • KORNBLUT: Well, the way he pronounced it, maybe he was saying tara, T-A-R-A. —  CNN Transcript Jan 10, 2010
  • I miss tara, michelle, my sister, zak, dustyn, ryan and all the peeps i met this summer. —  creative writing tomorrow? why not?
  • I fed the kittens but Myles ate most of it and Ziggy (longhaired) really only wanted Taras (blind) food and I didn’t see tara eat all night and I’m worried about her. —  the-moo Diary Entry
 

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  1. A made word, burlesquing tivy as used by D'Avenant: see tivy. Cf. tantivy, tantara.
 

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