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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 [ˈpɪgˌteɪl]
n
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) a bunch of hair or one of two bunches on either side of the face, worn loose or plaited
2. (Law / Recreational Drugs) a twisted roll of tobacco
pigtailed  adj

pigtail - In the 17th century, it was tobacco twisted into a thin rope, which resembled the animal's tail.
See also related terms for twisted.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pigtail - a plait of braided hairpigtail - a plait of braided hair              
braid, plait, tress, twist - a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
Translations
pigtail [ˈpɪgteɪl] N (= plait) → trenza f; (of Chinese, bullfighter etc) → coleta f

pigtail [ˈpɪgteɪl] n (= plait) → natte f
a little girl with pigtails → une petite fille avec des nattes
to wear one's hair in pigtails → porter des nattes

pigtail [ˈpɪgˌteɪl] n (plaited) → treccina; (loose) → codino

pigtail ذَيَّل الخنزير cop fletning Zopf κοτσίδα coleta saparo natte rep codino おさげ 땋아늘인 머리 haarvlecht museflette warkoczyk trança косичка råttsvans หางเปีย saç örgüsü bím tóc 辫子


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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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