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ˈtag-along, a. and n. N. Amer. colloq.
Also tagalong.
[f. vbl. phr. to tag along: see tag v.1 4 a.]
A. adj.
a. Designating that which is towed or trailed behind something else.
b. Applied to an uninvited follower.
1944Sun (Baltimore) 21 Jan. 2/3 Evidence of trailed, or ‘tag-along’, bombs still is scanty. 1960Newsweek 20 June 91/1 The tag-along highway trailers are delivered to..the bus terminals. 1973Islander (Victoria, B.C.) 10 June 16/1 The small trailer snug beside it like a tagalong pup. 1974Spartanburg (S. Carolina) Herald-Jrnl. 21 Apr. c9 (Advt.), Also all types of trucks and truck tractors, all types of trailers including low-boy and tag-A-long.
B. n. An unwelcome, uninvited, or neglected companion.
1961in Webster. 1967Boston Sunday Herald 2–8 Apr. 45/1 The whole family suffers when Ernie becomes a dreadful tagalong. 1974Publishers Weekly 28 Oct. 46/1 Seems to have spent most of her life as a ‘tagalong’ to a man who, as test pilot and astronaut, was seldom home. 1977Islander (Victoria, B.C.) 16 Jan. 8/1 (heading) Are Victoria women just tag-alongs in motor sports? |