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pigtailed

adjective

  1. wearing a pigtail; always used before a noun
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English pigtail English -ed English pigtailed From pigtail + -ed.

  1. Having a pigtail.

    It was really fine, the first part in Australia, the two last in China, the latter particularly good, the burning of the English factories in Canton quite life-like, the Chinese buildings well portrayed, and those fellows, those rat-eating, chop-sticky, pig-tailed Chinamen, have an idea or two about living.

    Old pigtailed seamen would tell of horseshoes found in the meat casks; of curious barkings and neighings heard in the slaughter-houses; and of negroes who disappeared near the victualling yards, to be seen no more.

  2. Connected by means of a short additional wire.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English pigtail English -ed English pigtailed From pigtail + -ed.

  1. simple past and past participle of pigtail