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
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
His face was the colour of ripe fruit of the jujube-tree, his hair and beard red, the former done up in the shape of a fish-tail, and he had three eyes.
From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
The gas-jet is on at the full—or rather the tap is, for the fish-tail burner doesn't realise its ideal.
From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend
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
