pigtails
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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
Miranda Haley, who wore pigtails and a long-sleeve shirt to protect her from the sun, got out and pushed a jug of water through an opening in the wall.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2024
Dressed up as Minnie Mouse, in red and white polka dot clothes and hair in pigtails, Bea takes to the paddock alongside her vaulting partner.
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2023
The morning after her operation, Alexandra, her hair in pigtails, shuffled slowly around her hospital room.
From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2023
Maxie nodded toward Bucky's little sister, running in the schoolyard with her friends, her red-ribboned pigtails bouncing behind her.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
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