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Maivtil tails it, v^aa built. The tuitli lay to the louth
of (he maDiioa, near totlie girilem and tivt^r-cidcmcadowi
Dictionary Entry
The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.
In a Sentence
“Most primates have a tail and fangs.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. tailsoff tailstails longtails twotails coattails short
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Antonyms
Poetry examples for “tails”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →the next action. Helter skelter, hang sorrow, *care'll
kill a cat, up-tails all, and a louse for the hangman.
Read full poem →It was a pretty sight to see
These lambs with frisky heads and tails
Skipping and leaping on the lea,
Read full poem →Thanks to cross-pulling vices tied,
Like Samson’s foxes, by the tails;
Not poets; real things are dreams,
Read full poem →In the minutest water-drop,
A torment of innumerable tails.
These at the least do live.
Read full poem →Three cart-horses were looking over a gate
Drowsily through their forelocks, swishing their tails
Against a fly, a solitary fly.
Read full poem →And cocks [her] coppled crown and runs along.
Wrens cock their tails and chitter loud and play,
And robins hollo "tut" and fly away.
Read full poem →The robin sings his song by the dairy O!
Where the little Jenny wrens cock their tails among the hens,
Singing morning's happy songs with Mary O!
Read full poem →Or thieves by dozing watch-dogs creep,
They steal from Jack-a-Lantern's tails
A light, whose guidance never fails
Read full poem →While his cattle o’er the vales
Scamper, with uplifted tails;
Others not so wild and mad,