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tar waters

tar waters is the plural of tar water.

Meaning of tar water

Noun

tar water (countable and uncountable, plural tar waters)

  1. (historical) A cold infusion of tar in water, once used as a medicine for chest complaints.
    • Some medical beast had revived Tar-water in those days as a fine medicine, and Mrs. Joe always kept a supply of it in the cupboard; having a belief in its virtues correspondent to its nastiness.1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter II, in Great Expectations […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 22

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What is tar waters the plural of?
Tar waters is the plural of tar water.

Words near tar waters in the dictionary

  1. tar sand
  2. tar sands
  3. tar spot
  4. TAR syndrome
  5. tar water
  6. tar waters
  7. tar with the same brush
  8. tar with the same stick
  9. tar'd
  10. tar-and-feather
  11. tar-and-feathered

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