"Rat-tail" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... says "they shall gnaw a file." It don't say they may, but they shall. And now, there's more'n one kind of file: there's the hand-saw file, rat-tail file, single file, double file, and profile; but the kind of file spoken of here isn't one of them kind neither, because it's a figger of speech, my brethering, and means goin' it alone, getting ukered; "for they shall gnaw a file, and flee unto ...
— Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive • Alf Burnett |
