tarry: coated in tar
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I remember the Captain as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, a tall, strong, heavy, nut-brown man, his tarry pigtail falling over the shoulder of his soiled blue coat, his hands ragged and scarred, with black, broken nails, and the sabre cut across one cheek, a dirty, livid white.
Robert Louis Stevenson: from Treasure Island (1883)
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What does the captain's appearance tell you about his character?
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He is generous.
He is affectionate.
He is bad-mannered.
He is rough.
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