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tarring and feathering

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

Syllables
tar-ring and feath-er-ing
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of tar and feather

Questions

What does tarring and feathering mean?
present participle and gerund of tar and feather

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