pigtail
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A wiry longtime martial arts practitioner who sometimes wears his hair in long pigtail braids, the 53-year-old Nguyen plays the role of firearms sensei.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2024
Mitchell sat in the centre, wearing a pink floral silk shirt, with her hair in pigtail braids under a purple beret, and carrying a cane adorned with a small bear's head.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2023
Same size, different headers, but there’s a pigtail of breakout cables that do most of the same things.
From The Verge ● Jul. 29, 2021
“All of it — the pigtail, the poofy part in the back, that roll of perfect curls near his neck.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2018
Sticking up straight from the middle of his head was a small pigtail which I knew was to fool the gods and make them think he was a girl.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
But "when I'm with Hyodol, I never get hurt", she said, holding the cuddly doll with pigtails and a pink gingham dress, provided by her local municipality.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
As the camera zoomed in, Anastacia strutted down the staircase, her hair in pigtails under a candy striped bucket hat, her midriff exposed by a crop top, in accordance with 1990s pop regulations.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
Now he is raising a 4-year-old daughter with the help of Barnica’s younger brother; every weekend, they take her to see her grandmother, who knows how to braid her hair in pigtails.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2024
Miranda Haley, who wore pigtails and a long-sleeve shirt to protect her from the sun, got out and pushed a jug of water through an opening in the wall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2024
“Want to tell me what happened?” she asked, tenderly squeezing the towel around one of my pigtails, then the other.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
