NOUN
- fabric forming the tail of a shirt
- a brief addendum at the end of a newspaper article
How To Use shirttail In A Sentence
- And on Wednesday, a ragged six-foot-tall guy in shorts with his shirttail out—Sacca—would go to some double-wide trailer where the development people worked. In the Plex
- tuck your shirttail in
- WEINER: Oh, a shirttail is a little additional story of three paragraphs or so at the end of a larger newspaper story. Blank Check: The Pentagon's Black Budget
- In the lobby, three federal agents, shirttails hanging out over their potbellies, barely glance at the IDs of those drifting in. This Dog Won't Hunt
- For example, I did a dish of shirttail grouse with farro, sunflower seeds, malt vinegar, vetch flowers and a rose hip glaze -- the grouse we'd shot had been gorging on vetch and rose hips, so it seemed appropriate. Stephanie J. Stiavetti: An Interview With Hank Shaw, the Hunter/Angler/Gardener/Cook
- When Maddy Cohan reached him, she noticed his hand trembling as he wiped his glasses with his shirttail. O: A Presidential Novel
- Then he dropped down, tucked his shirttail, and sat back in his chair. I Never Was
- It features a left chest patch pocket, a clean front, and a shirttail hem.
- I do think that untucking a traditional long-tailed dress shirt is a bit gauche, but most modern styles have either shorter shirttails or a flat bottom designed to hang out, so it's not much of a problem.
- Unless you're a shirttail relative of a member of the cast or crew, find a homeless shelter where you can volunteer for an hour and a half instead.
