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Definition of head or tail
1 : this side or that side
—often used in plural in tossing a coin to decide a choice, question, or stake — compare heads or tails
2 : beginning or end : one thing or another : something definite
could not make head or tail of what he said
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The first known use of head or tail was in 1546
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