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

The blue fish-tail with its letter "M" had revealed the yacht's identity to searching glasses.

From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Day, Holman

But Bob was made of different stuff, and he began now to work the boat along by paddling softly, fish-tail fashion.

From Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel by Dadd, Frank

If acetylene can be consumed without polymerisation in burners of the simple fish-tail or bat's-wing type, it should show a higher illuminating efficiency.

From Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power by Leeds, F. H. (Frank Henley)

A blast-lamp is likely to be more useful here than the fish-tail burner.

From Laboratory Manual of Glass-Blowing by Frary, Francis C. (Francis Cowles)