shirttails

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A form of shirttail — The single or split (then rather plural) bottom part of a shirt, below the waist, especially in the back, which, when not tucked into trousers or other vestment, hangs over the wearer's tail-end, like a tail.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of shirttail
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APA

shirttails. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shirttails

MLA

“shirttails.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shirttails. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shirttails,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shirttails.

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