shavetail

shave·tail

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sheyv-teyl]
- /ˈʃeɪvˌteɪl/
- /ˈʃeɪv.teɪl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sheyv-teyl]
- /ˈʃeɪvˌteɪl/

Definitions of shavetail word

noun shavetail U.S. Army. a second lieutenant. 1
noun shavetail a young, newly broken mule. 1
noun shavetail a derogatory term for a second lieutenant or newly commissioned officer 0
noun shavetail a pack mule that has not been broken in or trained yet 0
noun shavetail a person with little experience 0
noun shavetail a second lieutenant, esp. one recently appointed 0

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Origin of shavetail

First appearance:

before 1840

One of the 33% newest English words

1840-50, Americanism; shave + tail1; orig. in reference to unbroken army mules, whose tails were shaved for identification

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Parts of speech for Shavetail

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shavetail popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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