1A person or thing that brings up the rear in a group or formation.
〈非正式〉最后到的人；（事物构成的）最后部分
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As I'm running the new engine in I agree to be tail-end Charlie - that's the end of the convoy for non-bikers.
Having been the tail-end Charlie of the five, Glasgow is now near the top of the shopping list as far as investors are concerned.
Leaders of the pack on the first assault, our squadron was now a tail-end Charlie - praying that flak would run out before we did.
George dove right into the pack of enemy aircraft and shot down five, starting with tail-end Charlie.
At about 100 yards, Barker fired on a tail-end Charlie, which instantly broke up in the air.
This will temporarily address potential supply shortages but it will also mean higher prices as the UK becomes the tail-end Charlie of the western European gas market.
1.1A member of the crew of a military aircraft who operates a gun from a compartment at the rear.
机尾射手
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The first commissioned rear-gunner in the RAF during the Second World War, he was nick-named "Tail End Charlie" by his crew and that name rapidly became adopted for all rear-gunners in the RAF.
The father was a 'Tail-End Charlie' or rear gunner in a Lancaster Bomber.
Few thought of the perils, discomfort and occasional successes of the rear gunner, the ''Tail-end Charlie.''