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tails

noun

formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men

• Syn: ↑dress suit, ↑full dress, ↑tailcoat, ↑tail coat, ↑white tie, ↑white tie and tails

• Hypernyms: ↑formalwear, ↑eveningwear, ↑evening dress, ↑evening clothes

• Part Meronyms: ↑swallow-tailed coat, ↑swallowtail, ↑morning coat

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plural of tail

present third singular of tail

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/taylz/, adj., adv.

1. (of a coin) with the reverse facing up: On the next toss, the coin came up tails. Cf. heads.

n.

2. tail (def. 6).

[1675-85; TAIL¹ + -S¹]

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tails) (orig Irish)

To be aggressive, pick a quarrel (coatˈ-trailing noun)

● coat

Useful english dictionary. 2012.