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A short nine-tailed whip kept by the bosun's mate to flog sailors. When not in use, the cat was kept in a baize bag, this is a possible origin for the term "cat out of the bag". The term "Not enough room to swing a cat" also derives from this.
 To get the tail down generally means to lose courage. When a professional at any game loses heart in a match he is said to get his tail down. “His tail was quite down, and it was all over.†The origin is obvious.
Tailpipe is American slang for the anus.
The time scale within which somethng will be done, i.e. as fast as it takes to shakes a lambs tail three times. (ed: in the UK I rememeber it being two shakes - but the Aussies must be more laid back)
  A banknote worth more than 5 pounds is said to be "long tailed"
As in the term for the look of the thong underwear peeking above the back of a girl's pants. "Mark did you see that wale tail?"Â
old Western term for Appaloosas that often had a sparse mane and tail.
Tailor−made is slang for a cigarette made in a factory rather than rolled by hand.
Engine with full head of steam, with plume resembling a squirrel's tail from her safety valve
Fried dough pastries, individually hand stretched to resemble a beaver’s tail.
LSD
the back 1/3 of a Huey.
n traffic jam; back-up: DonÂ’t bother going via the M25, thereÂ’s a ten mile tailback.
A towed array sonar. Also called a "TAS Tail".
To make a mistake in selecting a person for any purpose. "I got the wrong pig by the tail in debating with that particular man.â€
An expression used when moving at a fast rate of speed. Probably derived fropm the habit of some animals, notably pigs, for raising their tails in the air when they are running from danger.
Tail is slang for a woman.Tail is slang for the female genitals.Tail is slang for a male sexual partner.
long-tailed 'un/long-tailed finnip
high value note, from the 1800s and in use to the late 1900s. Earlier 'long-tailed finnip' meant more specifically ten pounds, since a finnip was five pounds (see fin/finny/finnip) from Yiddish funf meaning five. There seems no explanation for long-tailed other than being a reference to extended or larger value.
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n.
Same as Tailzie.
n.
Same as Tail, n., 8 (a).
n.
Water in a tailrace.
n.
An edible fish (Lobotes Surinamensis) found in the warmer parts of all the oceans, and common on the southern and middle coasts of the United States. When living it is silvery gray, and becomes brown or blackish when dead. Its dorsal and anal fins are long, and extend back on each side of the tail. It has large silvery scales which are used in the manufacture of fancy work. Called also, locally, black perch, grouper, and flasher.
a.
Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Tailor
n.
The mattowacca; -- called also tailor herring.
adv.
The business or the work of a tailor or a tailoress.
a.
Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules.
n.
One of the timbers which tail into a header, in floor framing. See Illust. of Header.
imp. & p. p.
of Tailor
v. i.
To practice making men's clothes; to follow the business of a tailor.
n.
The channel in which tailings, suspended in water, are conducted away.
n.
The refuse part of stamped ore, thrown behind the tail of the buddle or washing apparatus. It is dressed over again to secure whatever metal may exist in it. Called also tails.
a.
Having no tail.
n.
A female tailor.
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Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or less attenuate; -- said of certain birds. See Illust. of Wood hoopoe, under Wood.
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Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color.
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Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips.
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Having the tail, or lower part of the body, bright red.
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