Pigtail

/ˈpɪɡ.teɪl/ · noun

Meaning

(literally) The tail of a pig..

Definitions by Sense

1. (literally) The tail of a pig.
2. Tobacco twisted into a string or roll.
3. A braided plait of hair; queue.
4. (electrical engineering) A short length of twisted electrical wire.
5. The flamingo flower (anthurium)
6. (medicine) Twisted stent terminal; stent-end, usually but not necessarily a different fastened part.
7. (electrical engineering) To connect wires of a circuit by means of a short additional wire.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

Such a filthy spectacle as we presented I have never seen before or since, and it will perhaps give some idea of the almost superhuman dignity of Billali's appearance when I say that, coughing, half-drowned, and covered with mud and green slime as he was, with his beautiful beard coming to a dripping point, like a Chinaman's freshly-oiled pigtail, he still looked venerable and imposing.

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• pigtails
• pig-tail
• pigtailing
• pigtailed

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