Definitions

tailpiece

[teyl-pees] / ˈteɪlˌpis /

ADJECTIVE

postern

Synonyms

STRONG

backside extremity hind hindquarters posterior rear reverse stern tail

WEAK

aft back end far end hindmost hindpart tail end

Antonyms

STRONG

front

NOUN

back

Synonyms

STRONGEST

rear tail

STRONG

backside extremity hindquarters posterior reverse stern

WEAK

aft back end far end hindpart tail end

Antonyms

STRONGEST

front

NOUN

illustration

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cartoon decoration depiction engraving etching image painting photo photograph picture sketch snapshot vignette

STRONG

adornment design figure frontispiece halftone plate

WEAK

line drawing

NOUN

rear

Synonyms

STRONGEST

back back door back end backside bottom butt rear end tail

STRONG

behind buttocks end heel hind hindquarters posterior postern rearward reverse rump seat stern tush

WEAK

afterpart back seat hind part rear guard tail end

Antonyms

STRONGEST

front

WEAK

beginning

NOUN

tail

Synonyms

STRONGEST

back end rear rudder

STRONG

appendage empennage end extremity reverse stub tag train

WEAK

caudal appendage fag end hind end hind part hindmost part last part tag end wagger

Antonyms

STRONG

beginning front start

WEAK

head

NOUN

tail end

Synonyms

WEAK

appendage behind butt end buttocks caudal appendage conclusion empennage end extremity fag end hind end hind part hindmost part last part posterior rear rear end rump stub tag end tush wagger

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X. "Scrymgeour was an artist" 78 "With shadowy reptiles crawling across the panels" 81 "Scrymgeour sprang like an acrobat into a Japanese dressing-gown" 84 Tailpiece Chap.

From My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke by Prendergast, Maurice Brazil

"I had walked from Spondinig to Franzenshohe" 151 "On the middle of the plank she had turned to kiss her hand" 152 "Then she burst into tears" 157 Tailpiece Chap.

From My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke by Prendergast, Maurice Brazil

"When my wife is asleep and all the house is still" 269 "The man through the wall" 272 Pipes 275 Tailpiece Chap.

From My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke by Prendergast, Maurice Brazil

"My Smoking-Table" 45 "Sometimes I had knocked it over accidentally" 48 Tailpiece Chap.

From My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke by Prendergast, Maurice Brazil

"But the pipes were old friends" 202 "It had the paper in its mouth" 205 Tailpiece Chap.

From My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke by Prendergast, Maurice Brazil

tailpiece

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