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Yes, dovetail is playable

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"Dovetail" Definition

noun

A fan-shaped tenon that forms a tight interlocking joint when fitted into a corresponding mortise.
A joint formed by interlocking one or more such tenons and mortises.
Something resembling a dove's tail.
A flaring tenon and a mortise into which it fits tightly making an interlocking joint between two pieces (as of wood).

verb-intransitive

To be joined together by means of dovetails.

verb-transitive

To connect or combine precisely or harmoniously.
To cut into or join by means of dovetails.

verb

To join by means of .
To cut to a dovetail.
To fit skillfully to form a whole.
To fit together with.
To fit together into a whole.

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