Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Heavy paper impregnated or coated with tar, used as a waterproof protective material in building.

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  • noun A heavy paper, coated with tar, used to waterproof walls and roofs.

Etymologies

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From tar +‎ paper.

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Examples

  • When my dad got a job at Rapid City Air Force Base now Ellsworth Air Force Base, we moved from our reservation to a tarpaper shack on Lemon Avenue with no indoor plumbing and a two-seater outhouse.

    Tim Giago: The Tough Transition From Indian Reservation To City Tim Giago 2011

  • In Chiapas, we do not need what you refer to as "nob type insulation" as what we use there for insulation is three foot thick adobe walls that take up more space than your entire living room in that tarpaper shack of yours in Crapola but we must admit that we need propane heaters as we lack your incessant hot air bloviating forth to heat our maison you Alberta clodhopper.

    About Ajijic, food, music, people, and the "social life" 2009

  • In Chiapas, we do not need what you refer to as "nob type insulation" as what we use there for insulation is three foot thick adobe walls that take up more space than your entire living room in that tarpaper shack of yours in Crapola but we must admit that we need propane heaters as we lack your incessant hot air bloviating forth to heat our maison you Alberta clodhopper.

    About Ajijic, food, music, people, and the "social life" 2009

  • When my dad got a job at Rapid City Air Force Base now Ellsworth Air Force Base, we moved from our reservation to a tarpaper shack on Lemon Avenue with no indoor plumbing and a two-seater outhouse.

    Tim Giago: The Tough Transition From Indian Reservation To City Tim Giago 2011

  • In Chiapas, we do not need what you refer to as "nob type insulation" as what we use there for insulation is three foot thick adobe walls that take up more space than your entire living room in that tarpaper shack of yours in Crapola but we must admit that we need propane heaters as we lack your incessant hot air bloviating forth to heat our maison you Alberta clodhopper.

    About Ajijic, food, music, people, and the "social life" 2009

  • In Chiapas, we do not need what you refer to as "nob type insulation" as what we use there for insulation is three foot thick adobe walls that take up more space than your entire living room in that tarpaper shack of yours in Crapola but we must admit that we need propane heaters as we lack your incessant hot air bloviating forth to heat our maison you Alberta clodhopper.

    About Ajijic, food, music, people, and the "social life" 2009

  • In Chiapas, we do not need what you refer to as "nob type insulation" as what we use there for insulation is three foot thick adobe walls that take up more space than your entire living room in that tarpaper shack of yours in Crapola but we must admit that we need propane heaters as we lack your incessant hot air bloviating forth to heat our maison you Alberta clodhopper.

    About Ajijic, food, music, people, and the "social life" 2009

  • In Chiapas, we do not need what you refer to as "nob type insulation" as what we use there for insulation is three foot thick adobe walls that take up more space than your entire living room in that tarpaper shack of yours in Crapola but we must admit that we need propane heaters as we lack your incessant hot air bloviating forth to heat our maison you Alberta clodhopper.

    About Ajijic, food, music, people, and the "social life" 2009

  • In Chiapas, we do not need what you refer to as "nob type insulation" as what we use there for insulation is three foot thick adobe walls that take up more space than your entire living room in that tarpaper shack of yours in Crapola but we must admit that we need propane heaters as we lack your incessant hot air bloviating forth to heat our maison you Alberta clodhopper.

    About Ajijic, food, music, people, and the "social life" 2009

  • In Chiapas, we do not need what you refer to as "nob type insulation" as what we use there for insulation is three foot thick adobe walls that take up more space than your entire living room in that tarpaper shack of yours in Crapola but we must admit that we need propane heaters as we lack your incessant hot air bloviating forth to heat our maison you Alberta clodhopper.

    About Ajijic, food, music, people, and the "social life" 2009

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