tailpipe

tailpipe
/tayl"puyp'/, n.
an exhaust pipe located at the rear of a motor vehicle or aircraft powered by an internal-combustion engine.
Also, tail pipe.
[1880-85, in sense, "suction pipe of a pump"; 1905-10 for current sense; TAIL1 + PIPE1]

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