tag end
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noun
the last or final part of something: They came in at the tag end of the performance.
a random scrap, fragment, or remnant.
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Origin of tag end
First recorded in 1810–20
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British Dictionary definitions for tag end
tag end
noun
the last part of somethingthe tag end of the day
a loose end of cloth, thread, etc
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