dragon's tail
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dragon's tail
First recorded in 1595–1605
Example Sentences
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Since then, the comet has been creeping along the dragon’s tail.
From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2023
As instructed, I snuck around to the dragon’s tail and started wailing on it.
From The Verge • Mar. 11, 2022
Do not believe the news reports that pinged around the world last month faster than the flick of a dragon’s tail.
From Salon • Aug. 22, 2015
From the Yellow Sea in the east to the Gobi Desert in the west, the Great Wall twisted like a dragon’s tail for thousands of miles.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
Like a sword in sharpness but five times the length of any sword, the point of the dragon's tail arched up scorpion-wise over his mailed back, above the tower.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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