pigtails

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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

Class photos shared from over the years showed Shaylee in second grade, wearing pigtails, and years later, with highlights in her hair.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2024

Dressed up as Minnie Mouse, in red and white polka dot clothes and hair in pigtails, Bea takes to the paddock alongside her vaulting partner.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2023

Wearing her hair in half-up pigtails and dressed in a jersey reading “Morocco” in Arabic, 5-year-old Aliae Benazzouza descended to the pitch to meet the players.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2023

A few days later, the gang and I were knee-deep in dirt, playing a game of marbles, when a barefoot girl with pigtails came running up to me.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm