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tail end

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tail end
n.
1. The hindmost part.
2. The very end; the conclusion.

tail end
n
the last, endmost, or final part
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tail end - the time of the last part of something; "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm"
end, ending - the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period"
2.tail end - any projection that resembles the tail of an animal
projection - any solid convex shape that juts out from something
3.tail endtail end - the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity
torso, trunk, body - the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies"
Translations
tail end n (of party, meeting) → fine f; (of train, procession) → coda
to be at the tail end of the procession/queue → essere in coda alla processione/in fondo alla coda
tail end n (of party, meeting) → fine f; (of train, procession) → coda
to be at the tail end of the procession/queue → essere in coda alla processione/in fondo alla coda


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When Captain Hansen lighted the fuse and hooked the fish hook into the tail end of a native's loin cloth, that native was smitten with so an ardent a desire for the shore that he forgot to shed the loin cloth.
The extraordinary timber projections which I have seen in no other vessel made her square stern resemble the tail end of a miller's waggon.
So that is the tail end of the telegram which Godfrey Staunton dispatched within a few hours of his disappearance.
 
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