shirttail

[shurt-teyl]

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noun

the part of a shirt below the waistline.

Journalism. a brief item added at the end of a related newspaper story. Compare follow-up (def. 3b).

adjective

quite young and immature in behavior.

Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. of distant relation, especially by marriage: some shirttail cousins I'd never met.

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Shirttail is one of our favorite verbs.

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to introduce subtleties into or argue subtly about.

chat, to converse

verb (used with object)

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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shirttail
noun
1.	a brief addendum at the end of a newspaper article
2.	fabric forming the tail of a shirt

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