pigtail

Example Sentences

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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

The seat height can be adjusted via a new clamping mechanism that also serves to replace the pigtail cable to electrically couple the battery to the motor.

From The Verge • Sep. 8, 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

His characters, who included herbalists and nightclub dancers, ate foods that were unknown to most Americans such as "medicine pigtail soup," "smoked duck feet steamed with pork" or "bitter melon."

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2016

Baba had tied red ribbons in the one long pigtail down her back.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin