fish-tail

Example Sentences

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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

If acetylene can be consumed without polymerisation in burners of the simple fish-tail or bat's-wing type, it should show a higher illuminating efficiency.

From Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power by Leeds, F. H. (Frank Henley)

Then the sun set, and she lost her fish-tail.

From Polish Fairy Tales by Glinski, A. J.

But Bob was made of different stuff, and he began now to work the boat along by paddling softly, fish-tail fashion.

From Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel by Dadd, Frank

She was pacing up and down the little reception room, and rubbing her hands together, while the twisting of the fish-tail of her hydrangea-colored robe, like an eel in agony, emphasized her agitation.

From The Dust Flower by Kline, Hibberd V. B. (Hibberd Van Buren)