tag end
Americannoun
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the last or final part of something.
They came in at the tag end of the performance.
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a random scrap, fragment, or remnant.
noun
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the last part of something
the tag end of the day
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a loose end of cloth, thread, etc
Etymology
Origin of tag end
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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The Woodvilles were convinced that they were descended from a French water witch named Melusine who lived during the tag end of the Wars of the Roses.
From Time Magazine Archive
If the tag end of the century resembles the work of any single SF writer, it must surely be J.G.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the tag end of some newspaper stories?
From Time Magazine Archive
At the tag end of an 18-hour workday, General Mohammed Naguib, Egypt's reluctant strong man, and his eager-beaver officers gathered around a radio in Abbas-sia barracks.
From Time Magazine Archive
I’ve taken to doing these mirror things with one lens in my mouth, glassy and thin like the tag end of a lemon drop.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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