shake your tail feather

Max Bialystock

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Mar 26, 2004, 2:46:10 PM3/26/04

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Does shake your tail feather mean get moving or move quickly or something
like that?

Max

dimestore

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Mar 26, 2004, 3:43:19 PM3/26/04

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> Does shake your tail feather mean get moving or move quickly or something
> like that?

Nope, it means shake your ass. It was a song recorded by several artists,
the 5 Du-Tones recorded my favorite version. The lyric instructs the
listener to "Bend over, let me see you shake a tail feather!"
I suppose that some people might use it like "shake a leg" now, but it
certainly doesn't hold that meaning for me.

RobertE

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Mar 27, 2004, 11:06:04 AM3/27/04

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"Max Bialystock" <casc...@legs.com> wrote in message
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> Does shake your tail feather mean get moving or move quickly or something
> like that?

It is used to mean that.

Other forms of the same message include:

"Shake a leg."
"Rattle your dags." (my favourite; an Aussie-ism)
"Give it some wellie."

Spehro Pefhany

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Mar 27, 2004, 11:24:53 AM3/27/04

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My favourite: "Get your ass in gear".

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Odysseus

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Mar 27, 2004, 12:53:55 PM3/27/04

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Also "Get the lead out (of your pants)."

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Odysseus

Margot

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Mar 27, 2004, 6:01:02 PM3/27/04

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No, "Give it some wellie" means "kick it harder" - as in Wellington
boots.

Peter Duncanson

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Mar 27, 2004, 6:09:15 PM3/27/04

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On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 23:01:02 +0000, Margot <mar...@lawrence1961.fsnet.co.uk>
wrote:

Also "Give it some wellie" means "press hard on the accelerator pedal" ('gas
pedal' to some readers).
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Peter Duncanson
UK
(posting from a.e.u)

Dr Robin Bignall

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Mar 27, 2004, 7:26:26 PM3/27/04

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On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 23:01:02 +0000, Margot
<mar...@lawrence1961.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

That's right. It means the application of lots of brute force and maybe
some ignorance!

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wrmst rgrds
Robin Bignall

Quiet part of Hertfordshire
England

RobertE

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Mar 28, 2004, 10:22:52 AM3/28/04

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> >> "Give it some wellie."

> >No, "Give it some wellie" means "kick it harder" - as in Wellington
> >boots.

> Also "Give it some wellie" means "press hard on the accelerator pedal"
('gas
> pedal' to some readers).

Correct. That's one of the ways I've heard it used (the other being the
meaning that others here have already explained) and is the way in which I
was using it.

pds.co...@gmail.com

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May 26, 2018, 9:48:56 AM5/26/18

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May 27, 2018, 1:09:56 PM5/27/18

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On 5/26/2018 6:48 AM, pds.co...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Saturday, March 27, 2004 at 1:16:10 AM UTC+5:30, Max Bialystock wrote:
>> Does shake your tail feather mean get moving or move quickly or something
>> like that?

Shake yer booty.