单词 | shirttail |
释义 | shirttail /sherrt"tayl'/, n. 1. the part of a shirt below the waistline. 2. Journalism. a brief item added at the end of a related newspaper story. Cf. follow-up (def. 3b). adj. 3. quite young and immature in behavior. 4. Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. of distant relation, esp. by marriage: some shirttail cousins I'd never met. v.t. 5. Informal. to append or add (an item) to a discussion or writing: The tariff concessions were shirttailed onto the trade bill. [1835-45, Amer.; SHIRT + TAIL1] |
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