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Wiktionary
shirttail

n. The single or split (then rather plural) bottom part of a shirt, below the waist, especially in the back, which, when not tucked into trousers or other vestment, hangs over the wearer's tail-end, like a tail.

WordNet
shirttail
  1. n. a brief addendum at the end of a newspaper article

  2. fabric forming the tail of a shirt

Usage examples of "shirttail".

Meanwhile, on the bridge, Captain Queeg was winding up the shirttail emergency, after a long general harangue on the subject.

Urban at length for having his shirttail out, while your ship was turning 360 degrees?

Jamie finished polishing the silver ring on his shirttail and held it up, admiring it in the glow of the lantern.

Having no towel, she pulled her long shirttail from her breeks and wiped her face.

He tucked in his shirttail, ran a hand through his hair, glanced at his fingernails, dropped his hands out of sight, to clean one with another.

He set a boot on the floor next to its mate and began tugging his shirttail out of his pants to unbutton it.

Ty kicked away from the desk and headed for the door, hurriedly tucking his shirttail inside his jeans.

He stood up and began tugging his shirttail out of his pants to unbutton it.

His shirttail was out, his tie was draped around his neck, and one button was missing from his shirt.

Their blue dungarees were ragged, and the shirttails hung outside the trousers.

Tie the shirttails in a loose easy-to-slip midriff-baring half-hitch under her breasts.

She pushed the vacuum closer to his chair, vacuuming more vigorously so the shirttails gradually loosened and flapped open, exposing her lacy bra.

Still in uniform, he was, as always, outwardly nondescript with several layers of shirttails out and uncombed hair.

The dungarees of the sailors were clean, and the shirts tucked inside the trousers, whereas a flapping shirttail would have been a proper heraldic device for the Caine.

If there's any trouble we'll hand out a few captain's masts, and if necessary we'll hand out deck courts, and if necessary we'll hand out general court-martials for defiance of orders-but there will be no more flapping shirttails on my ship!