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Noun tail end has 3 senses
- fag end, tail, tail end - the time of the last part of something; "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm"
--1 is a kind of end, ending
- tail, tail end - any projection that resembles the tail of an animal
--2 is a kind of projection
- buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass - the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
--3 is a kind of body part
--3 is a part of torso, trunk, body
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