Pigtail

//ˈpɪɡ.teɪl// noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The tail of a pig. literally
  2. 2
    a plait of braided hair wordnet
  3. 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. 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. 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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  1. 6
    A braided plait of hair; queue.; A hairstyle with a pair of pigtails. in-plural
  2. 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.”"

  3. 8
    A short length of twisted electrical wire.
  4. 9
    The flamingo flower (anthurium)
  5. 10
    Twisted stent terminal; stent-end, usually but not necessarily a different fastened part.

Etymology

From pig + tail.

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