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pigtail

[pig-teyl] / ˈpɪgˌteɪl /
NOUN
braid
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A wiry longtime martial arts practitioner who sometimes wears his hair in long pigtail braids, the 53-year-old Nguyen plays the role of firearms sensei.

From Los Angeles Times May 9, 2024

Mitchell sat in the centre, wearing a pink floral silk shirt, with her hair in pigtail braids under a purple beret, and carrying a cane adorned with a small bear's head.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2023

Although the servers’ pigtail stories are far from scientific, experts aren’t surprised.

From Washington Post Sep. 21, 2022

Same size, different headers, but there’s a pigtail of breakout cables that do most of the same things.

From The Verge Jul. 29, 2021

Finally, I tied a white ribbon around each pigtail before twisting my hair and snapping a barrette on each end.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

But "when I'm with Hyodol, I never get hurt", she said, holding the cuddly doll with pigtails and a pink gingham dress, provided by her local municipality.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

Lancashire, who appeared at the hearing via a video link from HMP Peterborough, wore her brown hair in pigtails - one tied with a pink ribbon and one with a blue ribbon.

From BBC Mar. 5, 2026

Now he is raising a 4-year-old daughter with the help of Barnica’s younger brother; every weekend, they take her to see her grandmother, who knows how to braid her hair in pigtails.

From Salon Oct. 30, 2024

Class photos shared from over the years showed Shaylee in second grade, wearing pigtails, and years later, with highlights in her hair.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 25, 2024

They saw snakes, pigtails, branchy, forked things that looked like the letter Y, and they noticed squiggles like a small g, and bends like the letter U, and loopy 6s.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston




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