pigtail
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3.0
- noun
- /ˈpɪɡˌteɪl/
:
trenza
- She wore her hair in pigtails for the school picture day to look more playful.
You see a girl with pigtails named Wendy Dope.
- You see a girl with pigtails named Wendy Dope.
- Yeah, with my sister's fucking rock hard pigtail like this, you're covered in spray paint.
- So I like a girl, you know, I don't mind a pigtail.
- And you're just like this little sort of wannabe pulling her pigtails that that's not a good move for Trump.
- It just looks like weird double pigtail.
- She was wearing the same pigtails and it was the same uniform and I was like yes that's her.
- I did a show where I wore a little girl dress with crinolines and my hair was up in pigtails and bows and and I had a face that could pass, you know, for a little girl.
- OK to to be for one, the pigtail skirt thing is pretty weird.
- And I I see we checked your website and and you sell, you sell a Willie Nelson bandana with his own pigtails.
Examples
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She'd braided her long hair into thickly coiled pigtails that swung about as she unloaded lumber.
Fiction book (1999) -
I saw her putting her hair in pigtails like she was a little girl
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Do you want pigtails for class?
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So I put the hair high up into tall pigtails and secure it with a tight rubber band.
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I have twin daughters, with pigtails.
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Her hair is in pigtails, and there are two stacks of books on the floor next to her.
Academic text (2013) -
Her hair, braided in two long pigtails, was as yellow as a summery iris.
Fiction book (1996) -
My hair was pressed, pulled, and rubber-banded into a little black pigtail cinched on the end by a white barrette.
Fiction book (1994) -
The doll had yellow yarn pigtails and a red-and-white polka-dot dress.
Fiction book (1999) -
The girl tied her long hair into pigtails to keep it neat while playing outside.
Synonyms
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1.3
A hairstyle made by weaving three or more strands of hair together
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pigtail comes from pig + tail because a twisted lock of hair looks like a pig's small, 'curled' tail. That's why pigtail now means a braid or plait of hair, often one of two at the sides.