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Definition of tar and feather

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Other terms relating to 'to punish':

Definitions include: to complain, scold, or nag.
Definitions include: to kill, usually with a firearm.
Definitions include: to complain, scold, harass, or nag as to provoke anger.
Definitions include: to punish.
Definitions include: a light punishment.
Definitions include: to punish.
Definitions include: a person who must travel in the trunk of a car because there are no seats left.
Definitions include: to only get light punishment.
Definitions include: to break one's kneecaps as a form of punishment.
Definitions include: to punish one or more people due to a mistake, usually in a workplace environment or business context.
Definitions include: a punishment for something small.

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Other terms relating to 'and':

Definitions include: acronym for "assault and battery".
Definitions include: "rain".
Definitions include: Cockney rhyme for ''believe''.
Definitions include: to talk a lot but never take action.
Definitions include: clumsy.
Definitions include: better than all that.
Definitions include: the best.
Definitions include: without substance; all talk and no action.
Definitions include: a lot of money.
Definitions include: to get fouled in basketball and make the basket
Definitions include: used to indicate an extreme condition or an excessive amount.
Definitions include: et cetera.
Definitions include: used to indicate an extreme condition or an excessive amount.
Definitions include: a quantity between 1 and one order of magnitude lower than the quantity previously mentioned.
Definitions include: interjection of agreement.

Other terms relating to 'feather':

Definitions include: a native American.
Definitions include: an accomplishment.

Other terms relating to 'tar':

Definitions include: a type of heroin.
Definitions include: to beat.
Definitions include: to punish.
Definitions include: "bar tender", as spoken by a drunk person.

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