Adjacent Words

Pigtail definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PIG'TAIL, n. [pig and tail.] A cue; the hair of the head tied in the form of a pig's tail.
1. A small roll of tobacco.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a plait of braided hair

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1688 1. tobacco in small twisted strands or rolls 2. a tight braid of hair

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a plait of hair hanging from the back of the head, or either of a pair at the sides. 2 a thin twist of tobacco. Derivatives: pigtailed adj.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pigtail Pig"tail`, n. 1. The tail of a pig. 2. (Hair Dressing) A cue, or queue. --J. & H. Smith. 3. A kind of twisted chewing tobacco. The tobacco he usually cheweth, called pigtail. --Swift.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(pigtails) If someone has a pigtail or pigtails, their hair is plaited or braided into one or two lengths. ...a little girl with pigtails. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

braid, brush, bun, cauda, caudal appendage, caudation, cavendish, chaw, chew, chewing tobacco, chignon, coil, cud, cue, cut plug, dock, eating tobacco, fantail, fid, knot, navy, navy plug, plait, queue, quid, rattail, stub, tail, tailpiece, tobacco juice, topknot, twist