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
She was pacing up and down the little reception room, and rubbing her hands together, while the twisting of the fish-tail of her hydrangea-colored robe, like an eel in agony, emphasized her agitation.
From The Dust Flower by Hibberd V. B. (Hibberd Van Buren) Kline
They had streamline hulls and tails that embodied universal-jointed double fish-tail rudders.
From Armageddon—2419 A.D. by Philip Francis Nowlan
A blast-lamp is likely to be more useful here than the fish-tail burner.
From Laboratory Manual of Glass-Blowing by Francis C. (Francis Cowles) Frary
For small tubes, and those of moderate size, a fish-tail burner, such as is used for purposes of illumination, will answer best.
From The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame For the use of chemical and physical students by W. A. Shenstone
