plait
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For the unaware, that classic acronym comes from the French phrase Répondez s'il vous plait.
From Salon • Nov. 22, 2023
The male representative of this species proudly sports a pork pie straw hat, half Panama and half boater, so obviously transatlantic that every plait in it gives forth a twang.
From Washington Post • May 2, 2023
"That woman with the tightly curled blond plait," you may be thinking to yourself.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2019
She stood about four and a half feet tall and liked to keep her hair shoulder length, in a plait, her grandfather said.
From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2019
So instead of following Georgie, I sat in the sunshine and braided my hair into a long single plait, as thick and heavy as rope, and tied it with string.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
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