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noun
The single or split (then rather plural) bottom part of a shirt, below the waist, especially in the back, which, when not tucked into trousers or other vestment, hangs over the wearer's tail-end, like a tail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The tail-end or periphery of something.
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noun
A tenuous connection.
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noun
A distant kinship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A small portion
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noun
Something small and unimportant.
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noun
fabric forming the tail of a shirt
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fabric, cloth, material, textile
noun
a brief addendum at the end of a newspaper article
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: appendix
History
From shirt + tail.
Across languages
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