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tail end

NOUN

tail

Synonyms

WEAK

appendage behind butt end buttocks caudal appendage conclusion empennage end extremity fag end hind end hind part hindmost part last part posterior rear rear end rump stub tag end tailpiece tush wagger

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"Tail-end of a back-to-back, on a long trip, I think getting off to a quick start and getting the lead is certainly a good thing," Bailey said.

From Fox News • Oct. 25, 2021

Tail-end men hit up fifties, and bowlers who have never taken a wicket before except at the nets go on fifth change, and dismiss first eleven experts with deliveries that bounce twice and shoot.

From The Politeness of Princes and Other School Stories by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

Tail-end of Monday, March 8th.—On way down to Êtretat, where No.— G.H. is, which we shall reach to-morrow about tea-time.

From Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 by Anonymous

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