What is "pigtails"

Usage examples of "pigtails".

Emerald-green ribbons were tied in bows to adorn her jet-black pigtails and match the bathing suit she wore.

Cathleen was off with a dash, scampering back to the tideline with her pigtails bouncing.

The moustached face was framed with the pigtails of the elite Napoleonic Dragoons.

Lavender saw the giant in green breeches advancing upon a girl of about ten who had a pair of plaited golden pigtails hanging over her shoulders.

The girl wearing the pigtails, Amanda Thripp, stood quite still, watching the advancing giant, and the expression on her face was one that you might find on the face of a person who is trapped in a small field with an enraged bull which is charging flat-out towards her.

Trunchbull was leaning back against the weight of the whirling girl and pivoting expertly on her toes, spinning round and round, and soon Amanda Thripp was travelling so fast she became a blur, and suddenly, with a mighty grunt, the Trunchbull let go of the pigtails and Amanda went sailing like a rocket right over the wire fence of the playground and high up into the sky.

The Trunchbull had as great a dislike for long hair on boys as she had for plaits and pigtails on girls and she was about to show it.