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tails

tails

English

Noun

tails

plural of tail
(slang) Short for tailcoat.
- So I'm putting on my top hat, tying on my white tie, brushing off my tails. - Chorus from Top Hat, White Tie and Tails (Irving Berlin)
The side of a coin that doesn't bear the picture of the head of state or similar
Tails, I win.
(mining) tailings; waste

Antonyms

(side of coin): heads

Translations

tailcoat — see tailcoat

side of coin

Chinese:
Mandarin: 背面 (zh) ‎(bèimiàn), 反面 (zh) ‎(fǎnmiàn)
Finnish: klaava (fi)
French: pile (fr) f
German: Zahl (de) f

Hawaiian: hiʻu
Hebrew: פָּלִי m ‎(páli)
Japanese: 裏 (ja) ‎(うら, ura)
Portuguese: coroa (pt) f
Russian: ре́шка (ru) f ‎(réška)
Spanish: seca (es) f
Vietnamese: mặt sấp

Verb

tails

third-person singular simple present indicative form of tail

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