shirt-tail

noun

1. the part of a shirt that extends below the waist

Example Sentences

But the weeks passed, and the Shirt-tail battalion was no nearer Cuba, though it was much nearer efficiency for the field.

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If the men of the Shirt-tail battalion had feared the dull routine of garrison duty, they were to be pleasantly disappointed.

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The Shirt-tail battalion and the bluegrass battalion stood in peril of decimation in their maiden engagement.

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And then one saw, to one's amazement, that the whole of his shirt-tail was left out behind, like a sort of apron worn backwards.

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He spent half an hour in stealthily tearing a square foot from his shirt-tail; then, weary and sick, went to sleep.

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