ducktail
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The idea of teenage delinquents in ducktail haircuts strolling through the Manhattan slums, clicking their fingers in unison and protecting their turf, was already quaint lore from the half-forgotten Eisenhower era.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2025
“I had a good head of hair — a sort of pompadour with a ducktail in the back,” he writes.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2020
His iconic ducktail hairdo was shaved off and his tight leather pants were replaced with a uniform.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 15, 2018
Sagan plays Danny, John Travolta’s character, right down to the letter sweater and the slicked-back ducktail hair.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2016
It's this detail, the untucked blouse forming a ducktail, that brings me back to myself.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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