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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"We met first in the Merediths' house-boat" 52 "He 'strode away blowing great clouds into the air,'" 57 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

"A face that haunted Marriot" 209 "There was the French girl at Algiers" 212 Tailpiece Chap.

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

"I was testing some new Cabanas" 116 "A few weeks later some one tapped me on the shoulder" 118 "Naturally in the circumstances you did not want to talk about Henry" 120 Tailpiece Chap.

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

Tailpiece in L’Histoire naturelle éclaircie dans une de ses parties principales, l’oryctologie, by D. d’Argenville, De Bure, Paris, 1755.

From John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut by Kainen, Jacob

tailpiece

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