fish-tail
Example Sentences
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The corkscrews Amber placed in her hair shrivel down into a thick fish-tail braid dangling below her waist.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
Once he bought her a white evening dress, low neck, fish-tail train, pearls all over the front—cost him one whole week's salary, eighty-five dollars!
From Working With the Working Woman by Parker, Cornelia Stratton
The efficiency of this "fish-tail" burner was somewhat higher than that of the earlier ones.
From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Luckiesh, Matthew
They had streamline hulls and tails that embodied universal-jointed double fish-tail rudders.
From Armageddon—2419 A.D. by Nowlan, Philip Francis
What, that big beast that looks as if it was made of india-rubber, with long whiskers and a sort of fish-tail?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 13, 1893 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir
