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

Naomi Fraga, her hair in pigtail braids under a ball cap, drove like a slightly more cautious Indiana Jones guided by an ancient map.

From New York Times • May 22, 2023

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

“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

She of-fered us up for a charm that vanished with tiredness, a pigtail that didn’t toss when the wind died.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston