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
There was a train of a fish-tail sort, a little twitching afterthought.
From What Will People Say? A novel by Hughes, Rupert
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)
Same year saw experimental "Limousine" flown by M. Legagneux, and fast but dangerous "clipped-wing" Gordon-Bennett racer with the fish-tail, flown by Mr. Hamel.
From The Aeroplane Speaks Fifth Edition by Barber, H. (Horatio)
The quivering darkness under the banyan blotted everything: death had dispersed the black minnows there, in oozy wriggles of shadow; but next moment the fish-tail stripes chased in a more lively shoal.
From Dragon's blood by Rideout, Henry Milner
