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shirttail
noun[ C ]
us/ˈʃɜ˞ːt.teɪl/uk /ˈʃɜːt.teɪl/
the part at the back of a shirt that comes down below the waist of the person wearing it:
He tucked his shirttail into his pants.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Parts of clothes
armhole
bodice
cap sleeve
clerical collar
cowl neck
dart
knee
lapel
neckband
neckline
patch pocket
peplum
slash
spaghetti strap
sweetheart neckline
tuck
turn up (somewhere)
turtleneck
V-neck
waist
Examples of shirttail
shirttail
Close up, he looks even more like an unmade bed -- shirttail flying, suit rumpled, tie creased, hair uncombed.
From Slate Magazine
Everyone else rides on their shirttails.
From Buffalo News
In those days you grow to be a fella of twelve years running with a shirttail.
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