Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A worm with a tail like a tag.
  • noun A hanger-on; a parasite; a sycophant; a dependent.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A worm which has its tail conspicuously colored.
  • noun A person who attaches himself to another against the will of the latter; a hanger-on.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A worm with a conspicuously-coloured tail.
  • noun An unwanted hanger-on.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

tag +‎ tail

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