bangtail

Meanings

Noun

• The tail of a horse or cow, allowed to grow out and then trimmed horizontally so as to form a tassel; a horse or cow having such a tail.
• A racehorse.
• A prostitute.
• An envelope with a perforated flap on which promotional material is printed; the flap on such an envelope.

Verb

• To shear off the hair horizontally at the end of a cow or horse's tail.

Origin

• From bang + tail. The primary meaning refers to the sense bang.