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.

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

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 Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir