"at the tail" meaning in All languages combined

See at the tail on Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} at the tail, {{en-PP}} at the tail
  1. lagging; behind; at the back or rear
    Sense id: en-at_the_tail-en-prep_phrase-YjXJZrXQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "at the tail",
      "name": "en-PP"
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  "pos": "prep_phrase",
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        {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1923, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “Chapter 8”, in Emily of New Moon:",
          "text": "Miss Brownell was very fond of ridiculing her pupils. All the girls in the class giggled except one who had not been there in the morning and was consequently at the tail.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lagging; behind; at the back or rear"
      ],
      "id": "en-at_the_tail-en-prep_phrase-YjXJZrXQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "lagging",
          "lagging"
        ],
        [
          "behind",
          "behind"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "at the tail"
}
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English prepositional phrases",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1923, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “Chapter 8”, in Emily of New Moon:",
          "text": "Miss Brownell was very fond of ridiculing her pupils. All the girls in the class giggled except one who had not been there in the morning and was consequently at the tail.",
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