tag end

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noun

the last or final part of something: They came in at the tag end of the performance.

a random scrap, fragment, or remnant.

Origin of tag end

First recorded in 1810–20

Words nearby tag end

tagareen, tagboard, tag boat, tag cloud, tag day, tag end, tagetes, taggant, Taggard, taggers, tagine

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Example sentences from the Web for tag end

I'm about the tag-end of our set, anyhow, in matters of dress.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, April, 1876.|Various
Are you not ashamed of yourself to keep this news for a tag-end?
I, Thou, and the Other One|Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Everything, and she dug impatiently in the sand with scooping fingers—everything has been left at a tag-end.
The Angel of Pain|E. F. Benson
Anvhar was his universe—how could he even imagine it as a tag-end planet at the outer limb of creation?
Planet of the Damned|Harry Harrison

But what I object to most is the 'let-down' at the tag-end of each of these yarns.
The Wood Fire in No. 3|F. Hopkinson Smith

British Dictionary definitions for tag end

tag end

noun

the last part of somethingthe tag end of the day

a loose end of cloth, thread, etc

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单词	tag end
释义	tag end SEE SYNONYMS FOR tag end ON THESAURUS.COM noun the last or final part of something: They came in at the tag end of the performance. a random scrap, fragment, or remnant. Origin of tag end First recorded in 1810–20 Words nearby tag end tagareen, tagboard, tag boat, tag cloud, tag day, tag end, tagetes, taggant, Taggard, taggers, tagine Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tag end I'm about the tag-end of our set, anyhow, in matters of dress. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, April, 1876.\|Various Are you not ashamed of yourself to keep this news for a tag-end? I, Thou, and the Other One\|Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr Everything, and she dug impatiently in the sand with scooping fingers—everything has been left at a tag-end. The Angel of Pain\|E. F. Benson Anvhar was his universe—how could he even imagine it as a tag-end planet at the outer limb of creation? Planet of the Damned\|Harry Harrison But what I object to most is the 'let-down' at the tag-end of each of these yarns. The Wood Fire in No. 3\|F. Hopkinson Smith British Dictionary definitions for tag end tag end noun the last part of somethingthe tag end of the day a loose end of cloth, thread, etc Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to tag end rear end, rear, butt, rudder, fragment, remnant, particle, side, buttocks, end, reverse, extremity, train, behind, stub, appendage, posterior, tag, tush, rump
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tag end

noun

Origin of tag end

Words nearby tag end

Example sentences from the Web for tag end

British Dictionary definitions for tag end

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