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bangtail

[bang-teyl]

noun

Horse Racing Slang.
  1. a racehorse.



bangtail

/ ˈbæŋˌteɪl /

noun

  1. a horse's tail cut straight across but not through the bone

  2. a horse with a tail cut in this way

  3. marketing a type of envelope used in direct marketing in which a perforated tail can be used as an order form or response note

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bangtail1

1885–90; bang cut (nasal variant of bag cut < ?) + tail 1. pigtail
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bangtail1

C19: from bangtail short tail
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Example Sentences

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It was the last race of the season, wasn't it, and good-bye to the bangtails for another year!

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It seems that 'Fireman' O'Leary was most useful in helping the fillies home at Washington Park by assaulting them in the region of the bangtail with small bollops of pure incandescence.

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