tag end

American  

noun

1. the last or final part of something.

   They came in at the tag end of the performance.

2. a random scrap, fragment, or remnant.

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tag end British  

noun

1. the last part of something

   the tag end of the day

2. a loose end of cloth, thread, etc

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Etymology

Origin of tag end

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

Step 1�Double the tag end of the heavier line or wire to form a small loop and hold it in your left hand.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now the heat is on a somewhat different theme�the catastrophe epic�and Bank Shot seems like the tag end of the old caper genre.

From Time Magazine Archive

This unspecific formula amounts to one certainty: soldiers who have not yet been in combat will be on the tag end of the parade home.

From Time Magazine Archive

Step 3�Pass the tag end of the stinger wire through the loop of the main wire leader.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the very tag end of the parade came Mr. Cogswell’s delivery wagon, its sides adorned with hand-painted signs proclaiming “National War Savings Day Parade.”

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

Related Words

• fragment
• particle
• remnant