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pig⋅tail
[pig-teyl] 
–noun
| 1. | a braid of hair hanging down the back of the head. |
| 2. | tobacco in a thin, twisted roll. |
| 3. | Electricity.
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| flamingo flower n. A short-stemmed perennial (Anthurium scherzeranum) of Costa Rica and Guatemala, having a reflex, shiny, scarlet spathe and a spirally contorted, vermilion spadix. Also called pigtail. |
| pig·tail (pĭg'tāl') n.
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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.
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Language Translation for : pigtail
Spanish:
trenza,
German:
der Zopf,
Japanese:
弁髪
pigtail
1688, "tobacco in a twisted roll," from pig + tail. So called from resemblance. Meaning "braid of hair" is from 1753, when it was a fashion among soldiers and sailors.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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