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Definition of Tailpieces
1. tailpiece [n] - See also: tailpiece
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tailpieces
Literary usage of Tailpieces
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Thomas Bewick and His Pupils by Austin Dobson (1884)
"THE tailpieces. MUCH in these famous tailpieces is of that enduring and universal
character which belongs to no time or place. ..."
2. Thomas Bewick and His Pupils by Austin Dobson (1899)
"THE tailpieces. MUCH in these famous tailpieces is of that enduring and universal
character which belongs to no time or place. ..."
3. Book-prices Current: A Record of Prices at which Books Have Been Sold at Auction (1899)
"... and 2 tailpieces by Eisen (genuine first issue, with 53 pages, Cohen wrongly
cites only 43 pages), old French red morocco extra, full gilt back, ..."
4. Bibliography of Eighteenth Century Art and Illustrated Books: Being a Guide by J. Lewine (1898)
"The vignettes and tailpieces exist in artists' proofs without text. A second
edition has only 36 pages, while there are 53 in the first. ..."
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