TARRED-AND-FEATHERED

Pronunciation (US):

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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:

Adjectives

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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