shirttail
[ shurt-teyl ]
/ ˈʃɜrtˌteɪl /
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noun
the part of a shirt below the waistline.
adjective
quite young and immature in behavior.
Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. of distant relation, especially by marriage: some shirttail cousins I'd never met.
verb (used with object)
Informal. to append or add (an item) to a discussion or writing: The tariff concessions were shirttailed onto the trade bill.
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Words nearby shirttail
shirt jacket, shirt-lifter, shirtmaker, shirt-sleeve, shirt-stud abscess, shirttail, shirtwaist, shirtwaister, shirty, shisha, shish kebab
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Example sentences from the Web for shirttail
I was cookin' for Chief Buesse's mammy when he was jus' a little old shirttail boy.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States|Work Projects AdministrationWe then and there decided, almost unanimously, to follow Shirttail.
Gold|Stewart WhiteThen Penelope hobbled up and pulled Mark's shirttail out of his trousers.
You Too Can Be A Millionaire|Noel Miller LoomisTom opened one of the containers of water and dipped his shirttail into it.
Stand by for Mars!|Carey Rockwell
British Dictionary definitions for shirttail
shirt-tail
noun
the part of a shirt that extends below the waist
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