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Definition of Tag end
1. Noun. A small piece of cloth or paper.
Generic synonyms: Piece Of Cloth, Piece Of Material
Specialized synonyms: Pine-tar Rag
Derivative terms: Shred
Definition of Tag end
1. Noun. The very end. ¹
2. Noun. Something left over. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tag End
Literary usage of Tag end
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Andean Land: (South America) by Chase Salmon Osborn (1909)
"... Cape Horn — A Storm at the tag end of the World. EVER since 1520 when Magellan
discovered the straits that bear his name with a variety of spellings, ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"... got into the schooner's tag-boat quick, I tell ye. S. 0. Jewell, Deephaven, p.
107. tag-end (tag'end), я. ... She heard the tag-end of the conversation. ..."
3. Parts of the body in older Germanic and Scandinavian by Torild Washington Arnoldson (1915)
"... tag, end, lobe (of ear, liver), Norw. lap, Sw. lapp Lappen, Fetzen. ...
tag, end: Norw., Dan. ore, etc., ear (20:01), lobe (of the ear, liver): Norw. ..."
4. First Call: Guide Posts to Berlin by Arthur Guy Empey (1918)
"To load the gun, pass the tag end of the belt through the feed block from right
to left. Grasp the crank handle with right hand, and pull back as far as it ..."
5. Machine Guns by Julian Sommerville Hatcher, Glenn P. Wilhelm, Harry J. Malony (1917)
"MANIPULATION : To load: (a) Thread tag end of belt through ... Holding the handle
in this position, sieze the tag end of belt with the left hand and pull it ..."
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