pigtail

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: pig=tail

CIDE DICTIONARY

pigtail, n. 

•  The tail of a pig.  [1913 Webster]
•  A cue, or queue.  J. & H. Smith.  [1913 Webster]
•  A kind of twisted chewing tobacco.  [1913 Webster]

  "The tobacco he usually cheweth, called pigtail."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pigtail, n.
1 a plait of hair hanging from the back of the head, or either of a pair at the sides.
2 a thin twist of tobacco.

Derivative

pigtailed adj.

THESAURUS

pigtail

braid, brush, bun, cauda, caudal appendage, caudation, cavendish, chaw, chew, chewing tobacco, chignon, coil, cud, cue, cut plug, dock, eating tobacco, fantail, fid, knot, navy, navy plug, plait, queue, quid, rattail, stub, tail, tailpiece, tobacco juice, topknot, twist

ROGET THESAURUS

pigtail

Pendency

N pendency, dependency, suspension, hanging, pedicel, pedicle, peduncle, tail, train, flap, skirt, pigtail, pony tail, pendulum, hangnail peg, knob, button, hook, nail, stud, ring, staple, tenterhook, fastening, spar, horse, pendent, pendulous, pensile, hanging, beetling, jutting over, overhanging, projecting, dependent, suspended, loose, flowing, having a peduncle, pedunculate, tailed, caudate.