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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The part of a shirt that extends below the waist, especially in the back.
  • noun A brief addition at the end of a newspaper article.
  • adjective Very young.
  • adjective Of little value; inadequate or small.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun 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.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a brief addendum at the end of a newspaper article
  • noun fabric forming the tail of a shirt

Etymologies

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shirt +‎ tail

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