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tails

nounnounverbcommon in dialogue

  • //teɪlz//

The side of a coin that doesn't bear the picture of the head of state or similar.

noun

  1. 1

    Also a form of tailplural of tail

noun

  1. 1

    The side of a coin that doesn't bear the picture of the head of state or similar.

    Tails, I win.

  2. 2

    Tailings; waste.

  3. 3

    Tailings, feints.

    The tails can be collected until the evolving distillate is down to about 10 percent, and the stillhead[…]

  4. 4

    Variant of tailcoatslangClipping of tailcoat.

    So I'm putting on my top hat, tying on my white tie, brushing off my tails.

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of tailthird-person singular simple present indicative of tail

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