shirt-tail

noun

Meaning

The single or split (then rather plural) bottom part of a shirt, below the waist, especially in the back, which, when not tucked into trousers or other vestment, hangs over the wearer's tail-end, like a tail.
(by extension) The tail-end or periphery of something.
A tenuous connection.
A distant kinship.
A small portion
Something small and unimportant.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

tail-end(English)tailend(English)pony tail(English)bang-tail(English)shirtsleeve(English)tee shirt(English)tee-shirt(English)shirt-sleeves(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

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