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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

tar-and-feather en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of tar and feather.
    • The villagers had a strong desire to tar-and-feather Injun Joe and ride him on a rail, for body-snatching, but so formidable was his character that nobody could be found who was willing to take the lead in the matter, so it was dropped 1884, Mark Twain, chapter XI, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:

Forms

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tar-and-feathers Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
tar-and-feathered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tar-and-feathered Tense=Past lexicographic
tar-and-feathering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tarring-and-feathering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tars-and-feathers Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
tarred-and-feathered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tarred-and-feathered Tense=Past lexicographic