pigtailed
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Connected by means of a short additional wire.
verb
simple past and past participle of pigtail
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
From pigtail + -ed.