pigtail

Example Sentences

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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

While the original Rig 800 had an ugly pigtail of a USB breakout antenna box, I wrote it had epic reach — enough to let me walk across the house and get a snack.

From The Verge • May 10, 2022

“All of it — the pigtail, the poofy part in the back, that roll of perfect curls near his neck.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2018

His characters, who included herbalists and nightclub dancers, ate foods that were unknown to most Americans such as "medicine pigtail soup," "smoked duck feet steamed with pork" or "bitter melon."

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2016

At Ellis Island when the ghost asked Brave Orchid what year her husband had cut off his pigtail, a Chinese who was crouching on the floor motioned her not to talk.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston