katran ve tüye bulamak (ceza)

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Turkish - English
tar and feather
To cover a person in sticky tar, then covered in feathers which stick to the tar. An archaic means of humiliating a person

they'd be along pretty soon and give me 'bout half an hour's start, and then run me down if they could; and if they got me they'd tar and feather me and ride me on a rail, sure. I didn't wait for no breakfast--I warn't hungry.

punish, impose a severe or humiliating punishment
katran ve tüye bulamak (ceza)
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