pigtailed en · ADJ
Etymology
From pigtail + -ed.
Meanings
-
(not-comparable) 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.
1901, Gail Hamilton, edited by H. Augusta Dodge, Gail Hamilton's Life in Letters, Boston: Lee and Shepard, page 179: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.
1905, John Masefield, Sea Life in Nelson's Time:
- (not-comparable) Connected by means of a short additional wire.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pig-tailed | alternative | lexicographic |