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pigtail

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pig·tail  (pgtl)
n.
1. A plait of braided hair.
2. A twisted roll of tobacco.

pigtailed adj.

pigtail
Noun
a plait of hair or one of two plaits on either side of the face
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pigtailpigtail - a plait of braided hair              
braid, plait, tress, twist - a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
Translations
pigtail [ˈpɪgteɪl] n (girl's) → trenza (= Chinese), (TAUR) → coleta
pigtail [ˈpɪgteɪl] nnatte f, tresse f
pigtail [ˈpɪgteɪl] nZopf m
pigtail [ˈpɪgteɪl] ntreccina


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There warn't a pickpocket in all London as didn't take a pull at that chain, but the chain 'ud never break, and the watch 'ud never come out, so they soon got tired of dragging such a heavy old gen'l'm'n along the pavement, and he'd go home and laugh till the pigtail wibrated like the penderlum of a Dutch clock.
She was a little girl with blue eyes and a flaxen pigtail.
I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea-chest following behind him in a hand-barrow--a tall, strong, heavy, nut-brown man, his tarry pigtail falling over the shoulder of his soiled blue coat, his hands ragged and scarred, with black, broken nails, and the sabre cut across one cheek, a dirty, livid white.
 
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