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TARRED-AND-FEATHERED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Smeared with tar and covered with feathers as a punishment
Example:
the poor tarred-and-feathered wretch
Classified under:
Similar:
punished (subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience))
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