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tarpit

or tar pit

[ tahr-pit ]

noun

  1. seepage of natural tar or asphalt, especially an accumulation that has acted as a natural trap into which animals have fallen and sunk and had their bones preserved.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tarpit1

First recorded in 1830–40; tar 1 + pit 1

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Tarpeian Rocktarpon