pigtail
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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
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
She grabbed the soggy pigtail from Ignatius’ paws and threw it over her shoulder onto the guitar, where it landed with a twang.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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
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
The drummer, Janet Weiss, played harder than pretty much anyone I’d ever seen, of any gender, and she sometimes wore pigtails.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
By early morning Oksana is up, combing Anna's hair and putting it into pigtails.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2023
Thomas teased me over my messy pigtails, but Metias was quiet.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
