tar and feather

verb1

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To cover (a person) in sticky tar, then cover in feathers which stick to the tar; an archaic means of humiliating a person.
- "O," say they, "if you talk with a Mormon Elder, you are sure to get worsted; tar and feather them, mob them, and stone them out of the country, for if you listen to them, you will be deceived." — 1855

forms

tar-and-feathered · tarred and feathered · tarred-and-feathered · tar-and-feathering · tarring and feathering · tarring-and-feathering · tar-and-feathers · tars and feathers · tars-and-feathers