"tar-and-feather" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tar-and-feathers",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tars-and-feathers",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tar-and-feathering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tarring-and-feathering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tar-and-feathered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tar-and-feathered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tarred-and-feathered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tarred-and-feathered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "past2": "tarred-and-feathered",
        "pres_3sg2": "tars-and-feathers",
        "pres_ptc2": "tarring-and-feathering"
      },
      "expansion": "tar-and-feather (third-person singular simple present tar-and-feathers or tars-and-feathers, present participle tar-and-feathering or tarring-and-feathering, simple past and past participle tar-and-feathered or tarred-and-feathered)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "tar and feather"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English coordinated pairs",
          "parents": [
            "Coordinated pairs",
            "Terms by etymology"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
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        },
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1884, Mark Twain, chapter XI, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:",
          "text": "The villagers had a strong desire to tar-and-feather Injun Joe and ride him on a rail, for body-snatching, but so formidable was his character that nobody could be found who was willing to take the lead in the matter, so it was dropped",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of tar and feather"
      ],
      "id": "en-tar-and-feather-en-verb-FMTMHUyC",
      "links": [
        [
          "tar and feather",
          "tar and feather#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tar-and-feather"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tar-and-feathers",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tars-and-feathers",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tar-and-feathering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tarring-and-feathering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tar-and-feathered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tar-and-feathered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tarred-and-feathered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tarred-and-feathered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "past2": "tarred-and-feathered",
        "pres_3sg2": "tars-and-feathers",
        "pres_ptc2": "tarring-and-feathering"
      },
      "expansion": "tar-and-feather (third-person singular simple present tar-and-feathers or tars-and-feathers, present participle tar-and-feathering or tarring-and-feathering, simple past and past participle tar-and-feathered or tarred-and-feathered)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "word": "tar and feather"
        }
      ],
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1884, Mark Twain, chapter XI, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:",
          "text": "The villagers had a strong desire to tar-and-feather Injun Joe and ride him on a rail, for body-snatching, but so formidable was his character that nobody could be found who was willing to take the lead in the matter, so it was dropped",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of tar and feather"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tar and feather",
          "tar and feather#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tar-and-feather"
}