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Answer for the clue "Last part: nurse about to suffer ", 8 letters:
tail end

Word definitions for tail end in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The rear end of anything; of a person or animal, the butt, buttocks; hindquarters, rump. 2 (context figurative English) The last part of a period of time, event, or situation; the concluding or final part.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tail \Tail\, n. [AS. t[ae]gel, t[ae]gl; akin to G. zagel, Icel. tagl, Sw. tagel, Goth. tagl hair. [root]59.] (Zo["o]l.) The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior appendage of an animal. Note: The tail of mammals and reptiles contains a series of movable ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the time of the last part of something; "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm" [syn: fag end , tail ] any projection that resembles the tail of an animal [syn: tail ] the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he ...

Usage examples of tail end.

She'd grown up at the tail end of the period that considered drugs recreational, and for a while she'd thought that was the answerthe right chemical cocktail could do what she wanted and needed it to, unlock the hidden powers of her mind and make them available.

Silently she added for now, and hoped the admiral picked up on the tail end of the message.

She caught the tail end of the last of these forms before the last vestiges of the Blit faded.