tails
noun/teɪlz/
- So I'm putting on my top hat, tying on my white tie, brushing off my tails.1935, Irving Berlin, Top Hat, White Tie and Tails:
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The side of a coin that doesn't bear the picture of the head of state or similar.
- Tails, I win.
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Tailings, feints.
Alcohol production
- The tails can be collected until the evolving distillate is down to about 10 percent, and the stillhead[…]2011 February 9, Bill Owens, Alan Dikty, The Art of Distilling Whiskey and Other Spirits: An Enthusiast's Guide to the Artisan Distilling of Potent Potables, Quarry Books, →ISBN, page 39: