Meaning & use
Shirttail
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The part of a shirt that extends below the waist, or, informally, a distant relative.
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He tucked his shirttail into his trousers before the meeting.
She invited her shirttail cousins to the family reunion.
A note on using this word
The phrase 'shirttail relative' humorously describes someone only loosely connected to a family.
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