tails en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
- /teɪlz/
Meanings
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(form-of, plural) plural of tail
form of tail
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(abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang) Clipping of tailcoat.
alt of tailcoat
So I'm putting on my top hat, tying on my white tie, brushing off my tails.
1935, Irving Berlin, Top Hat, White Tie and Tails:
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The side of a coin that doesn't bear the picture of the head of state or similar.
Tails, I win.
- Tailings; waste.
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(qualifier:alcohol production) Tailings, feints.
The tails can be collected until the evolving distillate is down to about 10 percent, and the stillhead[…]
2011 February 9, Bill Owens, Alan Dikty, The Art of Distilling Whiskey and Other Spirits: An Enthusiast's Guide to the Artisan Distilling of Potent Potables, Quarry Books, →ISBN, page 39:
Antonyms
Translations (30)
it code (side of coin) · mk пе́тка (side of coin) · hu írás (side of coin) · es cruz (side of coin) · apc نَقْش (side of coin) · ja 裏 (side of coin) · de Zahl (side of coin) · sv klave (side of coin) · tr yazı (side of coin) · yue 字 (side of coin) · cmn 背面 (side of coin) · cmn 字兒 /字儿 (side of coin) · afb كتابة (side of coin) · th ก้อย (side of coin) · es águila (side of coin) · ta பூ (side of coin) · nl munt (side of coin) · fr pile (side of coin) · pl reszka (side of coin) · pt coroa (side of coin) · ar نَقْش (side of coin) · he פָּלִי (side of coin) · fi klaava (side of coin) · it croce (side of coin) · vi mặt sấp (side of coin) · ota یازی (side of coin) · ru ре́шка (side of coin) · es ceca (side of coin) · cmn 反面 (side of coin) · haw hiʻu (side of coin)