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Definition of Tailfins
1. tailfin [n] - See also: tailfin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tailfins
Literary usage of Tailfins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Making Economic Sense by Murray Newton Rothbard (2006)
"It first surfaced in the disproportionate hysteria over what seemed to be a minor
esthetic complaint: tailfins on Cadillacs in the 1950s. ..."
2. Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature, and Other Essays by Murray Newton Rothbard (2000)
"The government, for some reasons of its own, decides to ban automobiles
altogether (perhaps because the many tailfins offend the aesthetic sensibilities of ..."
3. Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market: A Treatise on Economic by Murray Newton Rothbard (2004)
"Everyone will have to give up his tailfins so that all may be compelled to ...
read books (like The Affluent Society, for example?). ..."
4. Kingdoms of Ahn Daowen: Storms of Espyrea by E. P. Harlow (2007)
"... Guard took note of white and yellow streaks running to the dolphins' tailfins,
along their flanks. The handsome creatures remained aloof, ..."
5. Entropy and Alchemy: The Problem of Individuality in an Age of Society by Edwin Stuart (2003)
"Their feelings would be eloquently expressed by a certain postcard I saw that
pictured a man crashing one of those 1960s Cadillacs with rocket-like tailfins ..."
6. Making Economic Sense by Murray Newton Rothbard (2006)
"It first surfaced in the disproportionate hysteria over what seemed to be a minor
esthetic complaint: tailfins on Cadillacs in the 1950s. ..."
7. Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature, and Other Essays by Murray Newton Rothbard (2000)
"The government, for some reasons of its own, decides to ban automobiles
altogether (perhaps because the many tailfins offend the aesthetic sensibilities of ..."
8. Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market: A Treatise on Economic by Murray Newton Rothbard (2004)
"Everyone will have to give up his tailfins so that all may be compelled to ...
read books (like The Affluent Society, for example?). ..."
9. Kingdoms of Ahn Daowen: Storms of Espyrea by E. P. Harlow (2007)
"... Guard took note of white and yellow streaks running to the dolphins' tailfins,
along their flanks. The handsome creatures remained aloof, ..."
10. Entropy and Alchemy: The Problem of Individuality in an Age of Society by Edwin Stuart (2003)
"Their feelings would be eloquently expressed by a certain postcard I saw that
pictured a man crashing one of those 1960s Cadillacs with rocket-like tailfins ..."
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