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shirttail
[ shurt-teyl ]
noun
- the part of a shirt below the waistline.
- Journalism. a brief item added at the end of a related newspaper story. Compare follow-up ( def 3b ).
adjective
- quite young and immature in behavior.
- Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. of distant relation, especially by marriage:
some shirttail cousins I'd never met.
verb (used with object)
- Informal. to append or add (an item) to a discussion or writing:
The tariff concessions were shirttailed onto the trade bill.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shirttail1
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Example Sentences
We then and there decided, almost unanimously, to follow Shirttail.
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Then Penelope hobbled up and pulled Mark's shirttail out of his trousers.
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Tom opened one of the containers of water and dipped his shirttail into it.
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