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Definition of Tail end

1. Noun. The time of the last part of something. "The tail of the storm"

2. Noun. Any projection that resembles the tail of an animal.

3. Noun. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. "Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

Definition of Tail end

1. Noun. The rear end of anything; of a person or animal, the butt, buttocks; hindquarters, rump. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tail End

taikos tail-bay tail-bays tail-flower tail-specific protease tail away tail between one's legs tail block tail bone tail bud

tail coat tail dragger tail draggers tail end tail ends tail feather tail fin tail fins tail fold tail gate

tail gunner tail lamp tail lift tail lifts tail of caudate nucleus tail of dentate gyrus tail of helix

Literary usage of Tail end

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. China and the Allies by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1901)
"... in demand—Minor encounters—Pao- ting-fu—The Pe-tang forts—The tail end of a typhoon—Arrival of Field-Marshal Waldersee—A well-spent holiday. ..."

2. The Mammals of Illinois and Wisconsin by Charles Barney Cory (1912)
"11720, 9 — Skull large but badly broken, palate without median spine; white stripes extending but slightly on base of tail; end of tail black, ..."

3. United States Colonies and Dependencies, Illustrated: The Travels and by William Dickson Boyce (1914)
"THE tail end OF LUZON. ... If you want to see something of the industry, go down to Albay, at the tail end of Luzon. They grow clotheslines there while you ..."

4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1883)
"In the lateral view the tail end appears slightly notched or furcate, with one branch longer than the other. The head exhibits a pair of minute red ..."

5. United States Colonies and Dependencies, Illustrated: The Travels and by William Dickson Boyce (1914)
"THE tail end OF LUZON. tt'\l, ... If you want to see something of the industry, go down to Albay, at the tail end of Luzon. They grow clotheslines there ..."

6. South America, Social, Industrial, and Political: A Twenty-five-thousand by Frank George Carpenter (1900)
"AM at the tail end of our hemisphere; at the lowest continental point in the world; three thousand miles nearer the south pole than the foot of the Siamese ..."

7. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"The tip of the tail ; the tag: as, the tail-end of the fox is white.— 3. The end, finish, or termination ; the fag-end; tailings: as, the tail-end of an ..."

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