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bangtail
[bang-teyl]
noun
Horse Racing Slang.
a racehorse.
bangtail
/ ˈbæŋˌteɪl /
noun
a horse's tail cut straight across but not through the bone
a horse with a tail cut in this way
marketing a type of envelope used in direct marketing in which a perforated tail can be used as an order form or response note
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bangtail1
C19: from bangtail short tail
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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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