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tar-and-feather

Verb
Japanese Meaning
人体に粘着性のタールを塗り、その上に羽毛を貼り付ける行為。古い慣習による、屈辱を与える目的の処罰手段。
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群衆は、裁判所が行動しなければ汚職した役人にタールを塗って羽毛をまぶすと脅した。

present singular third-person

present singular third-person

participle present

participle present

participle past

past

participle past

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To cover a person in sticky tar, then covered in feathers which stick to the tar. An archaic means of humiliating a person.

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tar-and-feather

The mob threatened to tar-and-feather the corrupt official if the courts failed to act.

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The mob threatened to tar-and-feather the corrupt official if the courts failed to act.

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