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pigtail

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Definition of pigtail

as in queue

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Recent Examples of pigtail Matthew McConaughey sported bright blonde pigtails in a new Instagram photo. — Emma Banks, InStyle, 7 Apr. 2026 In the cropped picture, Waterhouse cradled her daughter, who wore pigtails tied with tiny white bows. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 9 Mar. 2026 Priyanka Chopra Jonas gathers a small section of hair on each side before twisting them up into high pigtails. — Audrey Noble, InStyle, 10 Feb. 2026 In the end, her disobedience—forged in tandem with and in opposition to her tribe—felt unmoored without a fellow-Mitford’s pigtail to pull. — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pigtail

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The identity of the second institution to receive a notice will say whether the queue keeps running through replaceable nodes or reaches for something harder to substitute.

— Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Over the opening weekend of the Premier League season, versions of this conversation are ubiquitous across the country — in pubs, queues at burger vans, stadiums, online, at home.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

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The robber is a man between 19 and 30, standing about 5 feet 9 inches in height and weighing 140 to 160 pounds, with dreadlocks, police said.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 28 June 2026
The Supreme Court ruled that a Louisiana prisoner whose dreadlocks were forcibly shaved off by prison guards cannot sue them under a federal law designed to protect the religious rights of prisoners.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 24 June 2026

Definition of dreadlock

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