单词 | tarrer |
释义 | tarrern. One who tars. (In quots. in reference to tarring and feathering: see tar v.1 b.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > public or popular punishments > [noun] > tarring and feathering > one who tars tarrer1784 1784 E. Sheridan Let. 16 Aug. in T. Moore Mem. Life R. B. Sheridan (1825) xv. 485 You mistake, if you suppose I am a friend to your tarrers and featherers:—it is such wretches that always ruin a good cause. 1894 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 8 Aug. The cases of the tarrers have not been passed upon yet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1784 |
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