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名詞

tarpot (複数形 tarpots)

1. A pot used for carrying tar.
   • 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd:

     “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.”