What does tarpot mean?
Tarpot means A pot used for carrying tar..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A pot used for carrying tar..
“Oh, that’s it,” said Oak, jumping up, and dismissing for the present his thoughts on poor Fanny. “You are a good boy to run and tell me, Cain, and you shall smell a large plum pudding some day as a treat. But, before we go, Cainy, bring the tarpot, and we’ll mark this lot and have done with ’em.”
Tarpots bubbled over driftwood fires where men calked the seams of smacks and shallops and patched their dugout canoes.
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Tarpot means A pot used for carrying tar..
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“Oh, that’s it,” said Oak, jumping up, and dismissing for the present his thoughts on poor Fanny. “You are a good boy to run and tell me, Cain, and you shall smell a large plum pudding some day as a treat. But, before we go, Cainy, bring the tarpot, and we’ll mark this lot and have done with ’em.”
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