A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance
“Roads were covered in tar, and after World War I, faster cars began to use them.”
A sailor, so-called because of their tarpaulin clothes
“Products range from Staffordshire and Sunderland pottery to ballads, songs, and innumerable cartoons of which the British tar is represented in the image of a national hero.”
An illicit drug formed from the incomplete acetylation of morphine, containing a variable percentage of heroin
A yellow-brown, addictive drug obtained from the pods of the opium poppy
Glue that is used for sticking paper or other light materials together
A powdery substance made by calcining lime and clay, used to form mortar or concrete
To stain, taint or make dirty
To cover something with paving slabs
To desecrate or defile, especially something meant to be treated with reverence or respect
To assault, attack
To rub a (typically oily or sticky) substance over
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