shirt-tail
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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 Literature
He can supprt the Seahawks on Blue Friday, at the gym and during games in this cozy, long-sleeve wicking tee with a shirt-tail hem and Seattle-appropriate hood.
From Seattle Times
He loosened his belt and tucked in his shirt-tail and tightened the belt again.
From Literature
That news sent a drone of excited pleasure through the bluegrass companies, and even into the phlegmatic stoicism of the Shirt-tail battalion crept the suppressed expectation of the first charge.
From Project Gutenberg
They were the Second battalion of the Fifth Kentucky, but they were better known as the "Shirt-tail battalion," and their far-seeing colonel seemed, on the whole, contented with them.
From Project Gutenberg
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