rat-tail file

Asked what kind of support he got from rank-and-file Democrats, he paused before replying with a hearty laugh.

The dog stood with hanging head and tail, as if ashamed he had let so many of his enemies get away unharmed.

The Arab pricked his ears, swished his long and arched tail viciously, and showed the whites of his eyes.

Next morning Judy shouted that there was a rat in the nursery, and thus he forgot to tell her the wonderful news.

It was no worm that Mrs. Robin had found, but Grandfather Mole's hairless tail sticking out of the ground.

He had repeated till he was thrice weary the statement that "the Cat lay on the Mat and the Rat came in."