Definitions
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- noun The
hind part orhandle of aplough .
Etymologies
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plough + tail
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Examples
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No more cells for lads from the ploughtail and the heather.
Patsy 1887
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Remember, the sluggard would have been warmer, with a wholesome warmth, at the ploughtail than cowering in the chimney corner.
Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes Alexander Maclaren 1868
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A young man who goes from the ploughtail into the army is generally rather thoughtless and disposed to idleness.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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