WTNH.com - Americans keep ammo and fuel coming for Iraqi soldiers ...
"If the tail was coming behind the tooth, well, that was designed intentionally," said Newell, the Marine adviser. "You put all the trigger pullers out ...
http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=4452713
Another new one on me. Neologism? Obscure slang or obsolete? Paraphrase of more common exp?
tail behind tooth
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