shirttail

[ shurt-teyl ]

/ ˈʃɜrtˌteɪl /

the part of a shirt below the waistline.

Journalism. a brief item added at the end of a related newspaper story.Compare follow-up(def 3b).

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.

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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An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; shirt + tail¹

Tom opened one of the containers of water and dipped his shirttail into it.
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Then Penelope hobbled up and pulled Mark's shirttail out of his trousers.
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