One old gentleman with an iron-gray pigtail is a "Forty-niner.". From Wordnik.com. [In Seven Stages: A Flying Trip Around the World] Reference
"Pull his bloomin 'pigtail," said one of these outcasts from decent conduct. From Wordnik.com. [New Treasure Seekers] Reference
You can see where the pigtail was attached but it is missing on the Chinese man. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
The very weight of the pigtail is a sobering influence; its solemn, pendulum movement is incompatible with revolt. From Wordnik.com. [Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story] Reference
THis is called the Western Union "pigtail" splice. From Wordnik.com. [Army Field Manual: Explosives and Demolutions Extract by the Death Jester] Reference
This "pigtail" forms a knot at the end of the rope. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference
They are not taken seriously when they seriously desire it; a fact I fully appreciate, as I am taken as a joke, my "pigtail," my. From Wordnik.com. [As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home] Reference
(The black thing is a "pigtail" for new under-cabinet lighting, already purchased and waiting to be installed.). From Wordnik.com. Reference
The Tai-pings were commonly called Changmao, "long-haired" rebels, because they rejected the tonsure and "pigtail" as marks of subjection. From Wordnik.com. [The Awakening of China] Reference
"pigtail," which made me look so young that he feared he might be arrested for cradle-robbing. From Wordnik.com. [Madeleine An Autobiography]
Then he told Marmaduke to catch hold of his pigtail. From Wordnik.com. [Half-Past Seven Stories] Reference
'What is the good of my having a pigtail?' he asked. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
'But how are we going to sew the pigtail to the cap?'. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
That George could see his pigtail tied in a velvet bow. From Wordnik.com. [Ionica] Reference
Charlie's pigtail, and tugged at it with all her strength. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
Officers do not go around playing pigtail to enlisted men. From Wordnik.com. [The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2] Reference
Sing's that despondint I expects to see him cut off his pigtail. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City] Reference
'Hallo!' he said, 'here comes the old woman who stole my pigtail.'. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
The carpentry instructor; A taint of Hinduism; he retains his pigtail. From Wordnik.com. [India and the Indians] Reference
The mustache, as well as the pigtail of immoderate length, is a badge of. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Not exactly the pigtail-yanking repartee I remember from my playground years. From Wordnik.com. [Child's Play--Or Something More?] Reference
At 59, the one-time L.A. Dodger is mostly gray, with hair braided in a pigtail. From Wordnik.com. [Different Strokes] Reference
And, now, if you will give me that pigtail, I will try to sew it to this skull-cap. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
After a time the woman produced Charlie's pigtail, and handed it to the man to look at. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
Marmaduke obeyed instantly, letting go of the pigtail and flying through the air like a shot. From Wordnik.com. [Half-Past Seven Stories] Reference
China in 1644, decreed that all Chinese should shave the rest of the head but wear the pigtail. From Wordnik.com. [Ranching, Sport and Travel] Reference
Therefore he sewed the pigtail to the inside of a skull-cap, and placed the cap on Fred's head. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
The Chinese Emperor, with his pigtail flying high as he spun, danced with the Empress of Russia. From Wordnik.com. [Edison's Conquest of Mars] Reference
As a mark of their profession they wear a small pigtail, not artificial but of their own growing hair. From Wordnik.com. [Ranching, Sport and Travel] Reference
It is not surprising that my face turned white; the only wonder is that the pigtail did not turn white, too!. From Wordnik.com. [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference
"I suppose your mother plaits your hair in that pigtail to save trouble, but they are not worn in town, you know.". From Wordnik.com. [Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls] Reference
He was dressed in ordinary North Sea fishermen's clothes, and his pigtail was wound tightly round the top of his head. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
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