Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In a canal-lock, one of the lower pair of gates. Also called
aft-gate . The upper gates are calledhead-gates . - noun The movable tail-board of a cart or wagon.
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Examples
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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.
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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.
Archive 2007-10-01 Richard 2007
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They were having a tail-gate party after a tough, but productive year.
Archive 2007-11-01 Don Lewis 2007
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They were having a tail-gate party after a tough, but productive year.
Blissful Gratitude Bestowing everyone! Don Lewis 2007
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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?
Japanese Recipe, Live-action Edition: All About Anko | The Anime Blog 2007
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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're at it again Richard 2007
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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.
Jon Aquino's Mental Garden Jonathan Aquino 2004
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The conductor unfastened a tail-gate in the guard-rail, and the flagman dropped his prisoner out through the opening.
Roughing it De Luxe John T. McCutcheon 1910
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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.
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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.
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