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tail end
noun
1.
the hinder or rear part of anything.
2.
the concluding or final part or section; tag end:
the tail end of a lecture.
Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
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tail end
—
n
the last, endmost, or final part
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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tail-end definition
n.
the back end of something or someone. :
He was at the tail-end of the long line.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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