tar boy
noun
Australian and NZ informal a boy who applies tar to the skin of sheep cut during shearing
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tar baby, tar ball, Tarbell, Tarbes, tarboosh, tar boy, tarbrush, Tarde, Tardenoisian, Tardieu, tardigrade
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Example sentences from the Web for tar boy
I can see her now, when she come along the board and sang out for the tar-boy all on her own account.
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