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  • n  a brief addendum at the end of a newspaper article
  • n  fabric forming the tail of a shirt

  • After three pitches, his shirttail came out, just like old times.
  • Led by fiery Jack Griffiths, Labor dissidents sought to pin a shirttail to the bill, calling for Government seizure and operation of vital war industries.
  • He rides (without pants, he's a "shirttail boy") the horse drawing the "bull-tongue" plow; he tends his father's stallion and brood mares.
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  • Lewis River: A balance of power, pristine scenery
    Few people remember the name Shirttail Canyon — or get to see what’s left of it. That was the name formerly given to the steep-sided canyon on the Lewis River where engineers in the 1920s chose to build Merwin Dam, the first of three dams erected on the river.
    Oct. 13, 2013 - The Daily News

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