shirt-tail
Britishnoun
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Once when she was excited and caught her shirt-tail in the electric fan he acted in such a kindly way that she was not embarrassed at all.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
He loosened his belt and tucked in his shirt-tail and tightened the belt again.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
He hoicked a bit of his shirt-tail from his breeches and proceeded to knot the cornelian heart secure therein.
From The Fortunate Youth by William John Locke
Caragol was in the stern, his loose shirt-tail flapping away as he held one hand to his eyebrows like a visor.
From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Charlotte Brewster Jordan
“Thou’lt not mind my getting into my clothes, for ’t is not shirt-tail weather.”
From Janice Meredith by Paul Leicester Ford
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