Citations:tarhood

English citations of tarhood

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1903, The Letters of Horace Walpole: Fourth Earl of Orford
This circumstance, which was as true as if Mademoiselle Scudéry had written his life (for he was scarce in sight when the Frenchman struck to Boscawen), has been so ridiculed by the whole tarhood, that the romantic part has been forced to be cancelled, and one only gun remains firing at Anson's ship.

2019 November 22, R. M. Ballantyne, The Battle of Sea and Wind: 30+ Maritime Novels, Pirate Tales & Seafaring Stories: The Coral Island, Fighting the Whales, Sunk at Sea, The Pirate City, Under the Waves, The Island Queen…, e-artnow:
His heart was again stirred in a way that it had not been for many a day, and he had to pull the rein pretty tightly; in fact, it required all his Christianity and British-tarhood to prevent him from revealing himself, and claiming protection at that moment. As he raised himself, and gazed with intense interest at the speakers, the missionary's attention became fixed on him, and he beckoned him to […]

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1903, William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary ... prepared under the superintendence of William Dwight Whitney, page 6190:
tarhood (tärʼhu̇d), n. [<tar3 + -hood.] The state of being a tar or sailor; sailors collectively. [ Rare and humorous.]