Tailpipe
noun
1.
an exhaust pipe located at the rear of a motor vehicle or aircraft powered by an internal-combustion engine.
noun
1.
a pipe from which the exhaust gases from an internal-combustion engine are discharged, esp the terminal pipe of the exhaust system of a motor vehicle
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