The tail of a cooked fowl.

(US, Australia, New Zealand) A hen night.

For success, and especially to obtain employment, one's knowledge and skills are less useful and less important than one's network of personal contacts.

The sum of natural forces reified and considered as a sentient being, will, or principle.

(idiomatic, UK, Ireland) Nervy; cheeky; shameless.

simple past tense and past participle of brass-neck

A species of parakeet, Psittacula krameri, prevalent in Asia and famous for escaping domestication and establishing wild populations in Britain.

(idiomatic, UK, Ireland) To behave boldly or shamelessly.

A measure of fineness of a mesh: the numerical value indicates the number of openings per linear inch. The smaller the mesh number, the larger particles can pass through the mesh.

(idiomatic, UK, Ireland) Gall, shamelessness, cheek. / (idiomatic, UK, Ireland) A person with gall.