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tails

/teɪlz/ noun A2
  1. The side of a coin that doesn't bear the picture of the head of state or similar. · Tails, I win.
  2. Tailings; waste.
  3. Tailings, feints.
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“They have their tails in their mouths—and they’re all over crumbs.”
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 78 · B2
But they _have_ their tails in their mouths; and the reason is—” here the Mock Turtle yawned and shut his eyes.—“Tell her about the reason and all that,” he said to the Gryphon.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 78 · B2
So they got their tails fast in their mouths.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 78 · B2
The whisper of his name makes their wicked tails cold.
The Jungle Book, p. 41 · B2

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