noun. A short or shortened tail.

noun. An animal, such as a horse, having a short or shortened tail.

noun. Something that has been cut short or abbreviated.

noun. In poker, a four-card flush or straight.

noun. A short tail, or a tail cut short.

noun. A contemptible fellow; a cur.

noun. Collectively, the rabble: used in contempt, most frequently in the phrase rag-tag and bobtail.

noun. A kind of short arrow-head.

adjective. Bobtailed.

noun. An animal (as a horse or dog) with a short tail.

noun. the rabble.

noun. A short, or deliberately shortened tail.

noun. Hence, also said of some animals that have a bobtail, such as certain canines or nags.

noun. A tractor which performs without its trailer.

verb. To drive a tractor without its trailer.

verb. To drive a truck or other vehicle without its trailer.

noun. large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain

adjective. having a short or shortened tail

noun. a short or shortened tail of certain animals

"Finally, Mrs. Carrillo cleared things up for me, and this is what a bob-tail is in the Jingle Bells song: A bobtail is a shorted tail of a horse, dog or sheep."

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