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Racket
·noun A carouse; any reckless dissipation.
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Tailed
·adj Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails;
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Racket-tail
·noun Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Steganura, having two of the tail fea...
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Racket Court
See Racquet Court.
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sword racket
To enlist in different regiments, and on receiving the bounty to desert immediately.
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cattle-racket
n.
Explained in quotation.
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sky-racket
The vulgar pronunciation of sky-rocket.
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Crop-tailed
·adj Having the tail cropped.
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Dag-tailed
·adj Daggle-tailed; having the tail clogged with daglocks.
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Daggle-tailed
·adj Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed.
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Draggle-tailed
·adj Untidy; sluttish; slatternly.
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Fan-tailed
·adj Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail; as, the fan-tailed pigeon.
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Fork-tailed
·adj Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed;
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Pin-tailed
·adj Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest;
— said of birds.
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Rat-tailed
·adj Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat.
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Red-tailed
·adj Having a red tail.
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Ring-tailed
·adj Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color.
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Ruby-tailed
·adj Having the tail, or lower part of the body, bright red.
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Scissors-tailed
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Spine-tailed
·adj Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips.
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Stiff-tailed
·adj Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid.
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Stump-tailed
·adj Having a short, thick tail.
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Swallow-tailed
·adj United by dovetailing; dovetailed.
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Wedge-tailed
·adj Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedl...
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Wire-tailed
·adj Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a w...
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culver-tailed
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black spice racket
To rob chimney sweepers of their soot, bag and soot.
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noisy dog racket
Stealing brass knockers from doors.
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nail-tailed wallaby
n.
See onychogale.
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stump-tailed lizard
n.
an Australian lizard, Trachydosaurus rugosus, Gray.
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