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Tails

noun

1.

Formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men. Synonyms: dress suit, full dress, tail coat, tailcoat, white tie, white tie and tails.

Tail

noun

1.

The posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body.

2.

The time of the last part of something. Synonyms: fag end, tail end. "The tail of the storm"

3.

Any projection that resembles the tail of an animal. Synonym: tail end.

4.

The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail end, tooshie, tush. "Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

5.

A spy employed to follow someone and report their movements. Synonyms: shadow, shadower.

6.

(usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head.

7.

The rear part of an aircraft. Synonyms: empennage, tail assembly.

8.

The rear part of a ship. Synonyms: after part, poop, quarter, stern.

verb

1.

Go after with the intent to catch. Synonyms: chase, chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, track, trail. "The dog chased the rabbit"

2.

Remove or shorten the tail of an animal. Synonyms: bob, dock.

3.

Remove the stalk of fruits or berries.

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"Tails" Quotes from Famous Books

... replied Mrs. Mainwaring, after having glanced over the note, "you are right; it is a party; and we are both asked; but I wonder, above all things, that Miss Fletcher should never cross her t's; then the tails of her letters are so long that they go into the line below them, which looks so slovenly, and shows that her writing must have bean very much neglected. I also know another fair neighbor of ours who actually puts 'for' before the infinitive mood, and flourishes her large letters like copperplate ...

— The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain - The Works of William Carleton, Volume One • William Carleton

... allied variety still exists in Northern Africa; for Mr. E. Vernon Harcourt[10] states that the Arab boar-hound is "an eccentric hieroglyphic animal, such as Cheops once hunted with, somewhat resembling the rough Scotch deer-hound; their tails are curled tight round on their backs, {18} and their ears stick out at right angles." With this most ancient ...

— The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. • Charles Darwin

... dogs," says the Berliner Tageblatt, "cannot content themselves much longer with merely showing their teeth." This is obviously unfair to TIRPITZ'S tars, most of whom have not hesitated to show their tails also. ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 16, 1916 • Various

... those in England; a sort of birds about the bigness of a blackbird, and smaller birds many. The sea and rivers have plenty of fish; we saw abundance, though we caught but few, and these were cavallies, yellow-tails ...

— A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland • William Dampier

... The evening is coming with a determination to rival in dull heat the early part of the day. The sheep in great white snowy patches lie panting in the distant corners of the adjoining fields; the cows, tired of whisking their foolish tails in an unsuccessful war with the insatiable flies, are all huddled together, and give way to mournful lows that reproach the ...

— Molly Bawn • Margaret Wolfe Hamilton

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