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tail-light

British  

noun

  1. other names for rear light

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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P stands still, as the carriages and finally the red tail-light on the guard’s van slowly pass her and vanish into the night.

From The Guardian Sep. 1, 2019

And BMW unveiled a new mini with a Union Jack on its tail-light.

From BBC Jan. 16, 2018

I seemed to go away; the lights receded like a tail-light racing down a dark country road.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

"This is my first job since dusk," I explained hurrying around to the tail-light.

From The Golden Scorpion by Rohmer, Sax

It was only after Baker's tail-light had disappeared in the thick mist that Fenwick remembered he still had the crystal cube in his coat pocket.

From The Great Gray Plague by Jones, Raymond F.

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