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How to use pigtail in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun, verb

Pigtail means the tail of a pig. Example: “His shoulders were naked, his clothes stripped off him by the explosion, Bond supposed, but the black silk tie had remained and it showed round the thick neck and streamed behind the head like a Chinaman's pigtail.”

Examples of pigtail by meaning

nounA braided plait of hair; queue.

  • His shoulders were naked, his clothes stripped off him by the explosion, Bond supposed, but the black silk tie had remained and it showed round the thick neck and streamed behind the head like a Chinaman's pigtail.1954, Ian Fleming, “Terror By The Sea”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 240

More sentences with pigtail

  • His hair is combed tightly to a pigtail and he grins at me unshavenly.2013, Petra Mettke, Karin Mettke-Schröder, Michael, volume 1, page 208. From the entry unshavenly
  • “More like a glamoursome lady of fashion to a kid in pigtails,” Belle said.2012, Lou Cameron, Stringer and the Hanging Judge. From the entry glamoursome
  • Put her in pigtails and stick her finger in a light socket, and she’d be Pippi Longstocking.2011, Julia Watts, Finding H. F., Bella Books. From the entry Pippi Longstocking
  • Hope Leezum, invincibly hairbowed by now, pigtails at a defiant angle, adores the company.1980, Hope Cooke, Time Change: An Autobiography, New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 185. From the entry hairbowed
  • The men too wear a strange Chineselike pigtail and other exotic hair styles.1964, Olga Levinson, The ageless land: the story of South West Africa. From the entry Chineselike
  • I was positively Pippi Longstocking, minus the pigtails.2012, Kate Bornstein, A Queer and Pleasant Danger: The true story of a nice Jewish boy who joins the Church of Scientology, and leaves…. From the entry Pippi Longstocking
  • But three boards cannot be “egg-crated” together without cutting some conductors, thereby necessitating pigtail or wire bond connections.118, Robert C. Hansen, Robert E. Collin, Small Antenna Handbook, →ISBN, page 2011. From the entry egg-crate
  • Hawes imagined pigtails tied with polka-dot rags.1990, Ed McBain, Vespers, Mandarin, published 1991, →ISBN, page 78. From the entry Cora
  • The tassel on the end of his pigtail waggled all down the path and, as he turned out of the gate, it gave a special little flip.1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small. From the entry waggle
  • With her very girl style of short skirts, baby-doll dresses, and hair either pulled crammed into pigtails or combed with straight bangs, she certainly looked the part of "Baby Spice."1997, Anna Louise Golden, The Spice Girls: The Uncensored Story Behind Pop's Biggest Phenomenon, page 120. From the entry baby-doll dress

Meaning of pigtail

  1. noun The tail of a pig.
  2. noun Tobacco twisted into a string or roll.
  3. noun A braided plait of hair; queue.

Full definition of pigtail

Questions about pigtail in a sentence

How do you use pigtail in a sentence?
Pigtail is used as a noun and verb. For example: “His shoulders were naked, his clothes stripped off him by the explosion, Bond supposed, but the black silk tie had remained and it showed round the thick neck and streamed behind the head like a Chinaman's pigtail.”
What is a short sentence with pigtail?
“Hawes imagined pigtails tied with polka-dot rags.”
What does pigtail mean?
Pigtail means the tail of a pig.

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