tailgate
noun
the board or gate at the back of a wagon, truck, station wagon, etc., which can be removed or let down for convenience in loading or unloading.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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“The turning point was that Alabama national championship game,” said Judson Sanders, a Baton Rouge lawyer who said he has tailgated at every L.S.U. home game since 2001.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2017