tail end

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noun

the hinder or rear part of anything.

the concluding or final part or section; tag end: the tail end of a lecture.

Nearby words

tail between one's legs, with one's, tail bud, tail coat, tail cone, tail covert, tail end, tail fan, tail fin, tail fold, tail gate, tail off

Origin of tail end

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

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Examples from the Web for tail end

We sat at the tail-end of the boat, and he started in to tell funny stories.
Edison, His Life and Inventions|Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin
I allowed my eyes to linger over the tail-end of the letter, while I thought.
The Message|Alec John Dawson
First, one took the carcass by the tail-end and the other by the head.
Dick in the Everglades|A. W. Dimock
"I don't understand the tail-end o' that," said Mrs. Trevarthen.
Shining Ferry|Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Come, you are not at all fit to go back into church, and I am not anxious to hear the tail-end of that wormy discourse.
Red as a Rose is She|Rhoda Broughton

British Dictionary definitions for tail end

tail end

noun

the last, endmost, or final part

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Idioms and Phrases with tail end

tail end

The rear or hindmost part, as in Douglas was at the tail end of the academic procession. [Mid-1700s]

The very end, the conclusion, as in Only at the tail end of his speech did he thank his sponsors. [Mid-1800s]

tail end

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tail end

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tail end