tag end
Americannoun
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the last or final part of something.
They came in at the tag end of the performance.
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a random scrap, fragment, or remnant.
noun
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the last part of something
the tag end of the day
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a loose end of cloth, thread, etc
Etymology
Origin of tag end
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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At the tag end of an 18-hour workday, General Mohammed Naguib, Egypt's reluctant strong man, and his eager-beaver officers gathered around a radio in Abbas-sia barracks.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the tag end of some newspaper stories?
From Time Magazine Archive
With your right hand, push the tag end of the lighter line through the loop as shown, allowing six to ten inches to tie the knot.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hurley was too smart to let the ring-wise reporters see much more than the tag end of a rubdown.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the very tag end of the parade came Mr. Cogswell’s delivery wagon, its sides adorned with hand-painted signs proclaiming “National War Savings Day Parade.”
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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