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at the tail

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at the tail

  1. lagging; behind; at the back or rear
    • 1923, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “Chapter 8”, in Emily of New Moon:
      Miss Brownell was very fond of ridiculing her pupils. All the girls in the class giggled except one who had not been there in the morning and was consequently at the tail.
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