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Meanings of tar paper in английском

A heavy paper impregnated with tar and used as part of a roof for waterproofing.

Usage of tar paper in английском
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He had built the shed well and lined it with tar paper.
Treasure and Trouble Therewith: A Tale of California
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The whole house was covered on the outside with tar paper.
Land of the Burnt Thigh
3
We got along fairly well unless the wind blew the tar paper off.
Land of the Burnt Thigh
4
The ordinary tar paper is that saturated with clear cold tar.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891
5
They are floored with wooden slats and roofed with tar paper.
Dear Enemy
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I could knock up a shack like this with tar paper, I could.
The Sturdy Oak / A composite Novel of American Politics by fourt...
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In large conflagrations, also, the tar paper roofs behaved in identically a similar manner.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891
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I know about the tar paper and the drying socks.
The day the falls stood still
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The tar paper or whatever they applied came off gradually with each big storm.
The Irish Times
10
I'm on a rooftop, crouching on tar paper and gravel.
Soon I will be invincible
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Freezing air never ceased to enter the thin walls of boards and tar paper.
The Iron Furrow
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Heat emanated from everything-poles, concrete, metal, awnings, roofs, tar paper-everything.
The Illustrated Man
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The studio consisted of a dark room covered in tar paper, with a retractable roof.
Wired
14
This couple lives in a little shack patched up with tar paper, tin, and wood.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
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The print shop was burning, its inflammable tar paper and dry boards blazing like powder.
Land of the Burnt Thigh
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We lived in board shacks covered with tar paper and the weather was cold and damp.
The Biography of a Rabbit
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Tar paper across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common