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La brea tar pit
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tar⋅pit
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ˈtɑrˌpɪt
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–noun
seepage of natural tar or asphalt, esp. an accumulation that has acted as a natural trap into which animals have fallen and sunk and had their bones preserved.
Also,
tar pit.
Origin:
1830–40;
tar
1
+
pit
1
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