tails
(of a coin) with the reverse facing up: On the next toss, the coin came up tails.: Compare heads.
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How to use tails in a sentence
Chicken satay and shrimp cocktail are also good options, as you can watch the skewers and tails stack up.
12 Thanksgiving Weight Loss Tips That Actually Work | DailyBurn | November 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe was gambling on a coin toss where somehow “heads, you win” would have been politically more advantageous than “tails, I lose.”
Keystone Senate Failure Is Environmental Kabuki Theater | Ben Jacobs | November 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGoogle has more than a million hits—and countless images—for the term “babies born with tails.”
The Crazy Way Creationists Try To Explain Human Tails Without Evolution | Karl W. Giberson | June 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHuman tails are a genetic accident—and a big problem for the faux-scientific creationism known as ‘intelligent design.’
The Crazy Way Creationists Try To Explain Human Tails Without Evolution | Karl W. Giberson | June 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHuman tails are part of the evolutionary baggage that we carry in our bodies, leftover from our ancestors.
The Crazy Way Creationists Try To Explain Human Tails Without Evolution | Karl W. Giberson | June 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The poor dandy showed a pair of straight coat-tails instanter, and the whole table joined in a "tremenjous" roar.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousBut I don't suppose Weston would bother spreading the tails out when he sat down.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydHe fed the monkeys with candy, and laughed to see them hang by their tails while they took it from his hand.
The Nursery, July 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 1 | VariousAfter all, bombs and grenades are easy things to make if the tails of the manufacturers are well twisted.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian Hamilton"Bears don't have tails, Benny," argued Jess—although she wasn't exactly sure she was right.
The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler Warner
British Dictionary definitions for tails
/ (teɪlz) /
an informal name for tail coat
with the reverse side of a coin uppermost: used as a call before tossing a coin: Compare heads
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