The feather fell in the tar.
To tar and feather someone is to smear or cover someone (as the Whigs di to the Tories) with tar and throw feathers over them.
Birds of feather flock together.
that humans can fly if you tar and feather them
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The tar was too sticky to walk across. The tar stuck to my fingers as I tried to wiggle them. She knew she couldn't grasp it while it was covered with tar.
A bird building a nest in the lamp over the steps, left a feather on a step to thank me.
No, it was a punishment for con men and other petty criminals.
The dove was shot for a feather
colonists used the tar and feather for british messengers. They really didnt want them to have respect, so they covered them in tar and poured feathers. so, the colonists
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The villagers did not tar and feather Injun Joe because he was found dead in the caves, having presumably died from starvation and exhaustion. They did not have the opportunity to carry out the punishment as he was not alive to face it.
the patriots would tar and feather them like the tax collectors