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Pigtail
//ˈpɪɡ.teɪl// noun, slang
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The tail of a pig. literally
- 2 a plait of braided hair wordnet
- 3 Tobacco twisted into a string or roll.
"One person […] continued constantly to ply him with the very best pig-tail tobacco, which he had most carefully cut in very small pieces purposely for him."
- 4 A braided plait of hair; queue.
"Let padded breasts, high coat collars, stiff stocks, broad-shouldered straps, tight belts, trowser-straps and boots be consigned to the tomb of pigtails and powder."
- 5 A braided plait of hair; queue.; Either of a pair of braids or tails worn on the sides of the head. especially
"[I]t was something that every schoolboy of my generation almost `had' to do, as obligatory a proof of impending manliness as scrumping apples or pulling girls' pigtails."
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- 6 A braided plait of hair; queue.; A hairstyle with a pair of pigtails. in-plural
- 7 A braided plait of hair; queue.; A person who wears pigtails. colloquial, in-plural
"[…] Chinese, whom he called “pigtails”; or Indians, whom he dismissed as “baboos.”"
- 8 A short length of twisted electrical wire.
- 9 The flamingo flower (anthurium)
- 10 Twisted stent terminal; stent-end, usually but not necessarily a different fastened part.
Etymology
From pig + tail.
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