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
A blast-lamp is likely to be more useful here than the fish-tail burner.
From Laboratory Manual of Glass-Blowing by Frary, Francis C. (Francis Cowles)
Once he bought her a white evening dress, low neck, fish-tail train, pearls all over the front—cost him one whole week's salary, eighty-five dollars!
From Working With the Working Woman by Parker, Cornelia Stratton
The efficiency of this "fish-tail" burner was somewhat higher than that of the earlier ones.
From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Luckiesh, Matthew
Observe here that the tadpole's gills share the same fate as his fish-tail; they wither and disappear by slow degrees, and gradually as they do so, his lungs are developed.
From The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals by Macé, Jean
