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Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In a canal-lock, one of the lower pair of gates. Also called aft-gate. The upper gates are called head-gates.
- n. The movable tail-board of a cart or wagon.
Examples
“In the 2008 election, feeble attempts were made to duplicate the down-home image of a guy you'd meet at a tail-gate party rather than in a Corporate Skybox.”
“Thus, you can expect that drivers in cars fitted with this technology will travel faster, knowing the system will bring them to a halt quicker, will leave braking later and will be more likely to tail-gate.”
“They were having a tail-gate party after a tough, but productive year.”
“In the West, who would ever believe that anything as common as beans could ever become anything more than kick-ass burritos and tasty tail-gate chili?”
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“It looks like they might be headed out to a tail-gate party or maybe just to hang out at the Sonic drive in or something.”
“The conductor unfastened a tail-gate in the guard-rail, and the flagman dropped his prisoner out through the opening.”
“It was not long before Waddles was dispensing nourishment from the lowered tail-gate, ladling food and hot coffee into the plates and cups which the men held out to him.”
“Waddles dumped off the bed rolls that were piled from the broad lowered tail-gate to the wagon top and each man sorted out his own and spread it upon some spot which struck him as a likely bed ground.”
“I'm the best wagon cook that ever sloshed dishwater over the tail-gate, and even better than that in a ranch-house kitchen," the loquacious one modestly assured him.”
“Camera safe on top and your suit-case tied to the tail-gate.”
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