ducktail

Example Sentences

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The idea of teenage delinquents in ducktail haircuts strolling through the Manhattan slums, clicking their fingers in unison and protecting their turf, was already quaint lore from the half-forgotten Eisenhower era.

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2025

“I had a good head of hair — a sort of pompadour with a ducktail in the back,” he writes.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2020

His iconic ducktail hairdo was shaved off and his tight leather pants were replaced with a uniform.

From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2018

Sagan plays Danny, John Travolta’s character, right down to the letter sweater and the slicked-back ducktail hair.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2016

It's this detail, the untucked blouse forming a ducktail, that brings me back to myself.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins