shirt tail

[shurt-teyl]

shirt·tail

[shurt-teyl]
noun
1.
the part of a shirt below the waistline.
2.
Journalism. a brief item added at the end of a related newspaper story. Compare follow-up (def. 3b).
adjective
3.
quite young and immature in behavior.
4.
Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. of distant relation, especially by marriage: some shirttail cousins I'd never met.

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Shirt tail is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
verb (used with object)
5.
Informal. to append or add (an item) to a discussion or writing: The tariff concessions were shirttailed onto the trade bill.

Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; shirt + tail1
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