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  • n  bark rich in tannin; bruised and cut in pieces to use for tanning; spent tanbark used as a ground covering

  • When the whistle blew, he slid easily to the tanbark, looking suddenly unnatural, only a man walking on his own two legs.
  • In the cellar a fairsized crowd was huddled around a tanbark pit, where, in the hard brilliance of electric light, two gamecocks were silently and gracefully tearing each other .
  • On the tanbark trail, the top status symbol is a private stateroom in the circus train.
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  • Domestic violence call triggers SWAT standoff
    LAKE FOREST – SWAT officers responded to a domestic violence call after a man barricaded himself inside a house Thursday, authorities said. The call led to a five-hour standoff at the 22000 block of Tanbark Lane on Thursday evening, said Lt. Steve...
    July 5, 2013 - Saddleback Valley News

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