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Definition of Tailgates
1. tailgate [v] - See also: tailgate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tailgates
Literary usage of Tailgates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. EPA's Risk Management Plan (RMP) Program: Congressional Hearing edited by James M. Inhofe (2001)
"THIEMAN tailgates, INC., Celina, OH 45822-1566, September 15, 1998. ...
Thieman tailgates, Inc. manufactures hydraulic liftgates that are seen on the back ..."
2. Guidelines for the Evaluation and Control of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Housingby David E. Jacobs by David E. Jacobs (1996)
"... dump trucks for transport to the disposal site. The trucks should have secure
fitting tarps and sealed tailgates to reduce leakage as much as possible. ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Queen's Bench: And by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Charles James Gale, Court of Exchequer Chamber, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber, Henry Davison, Court of King's Bench, Great Britain (1843)
"... trustees had erected tailgates on the said road and received from time to time
considerable sums of money thereout, which under the appropriation clause ..."
4. The Turnpikes of New England and Evolution of the Same Through England by Frederic James Wood (1919)
"... may operate it when built; and that it was authorized to vote to erect tailgates,
but had no authority to so erect them nor to collect toll at them. ..."
5. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: From Gales and by United States Congress, Thomas Hart Benton (1858)
"The same bill for the erection of tailgates under the authority of Congress,
which had been reported by the Committee of Roads and Canals, ..."
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