fish-tail
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The corkscrews Amber placed in her hair shrivel down into a thick fish-tail braid dangling below her waist.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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The fish-tail handles are found on Dutch pewter.
From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Alice Morse Earle
What, that big beast that looks as if it was made of india-rubber, with long whiskers and a sort of fish-tail?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 13, 1893 by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand
The hazy light of the moon behind the clouds shone on the expanse of white planes, and on the fish-tail rudder, one of Tom's latest ideas.
From Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone or the Picture That Saved a Fortune by Victor [pseud.] Appleton
"Did—did Du Gass order that fish-tail model, madam?"
From Every Soul Hath Its Song by Fannie Hurst
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