Pigtail

"Pigtail" was a kind of chewing tobacco much used by sailors.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide Charles Herbert Sylvester

Pigtail Pitchfork, originally uploaded by ~Stingrays~.

Great Guelph Photos and Cool Blog Links by Creative Guelphites 2007

Pigtail Pitchfork, originally uploaded by ~Stingrays~.

Great Guelph Photos and Cool Blog Links by Creative Guelphites 2007

Mr. Tuggeridge, her father, kept the famous tripe-shop near the “Pigtail and Sparrow,” in the Whitechapel

Cox's Diary 2006

Mr. Tuggeridge, her father, kept the famous tripe-shop near the “Pigtail and Sparrow,” in the Whitechapel

Burlesques 2006

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Monday baby blogging: Pigtail Girl 2006

Herder understood the revulsion of feeling from the unnatural restraint of the Pigtail period, and while holding up the mirror to his own day, he at the same time led its taste and the expression of it towards what was simple and natural, by disclosing the treasures which lay hidden in the poetry of the people.

The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times Alfred Biese 1893

German literature too, in the seventeenth century, stood under the sign manual of the Pigtail and Periwig; it was baroque, stilted, bombastic, affected, feeling and form alike were forced, not spontaneous.

The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times Alfred Biese 1893

But (and this Winter, strange to say, ignores) his pastorals have all the sentimental elegiac style of the Pigtail period.

The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times Alfred Biese 1893

_Pigtail_ -- The Kashmîrî woman's hair is drawn to the back of the head and finely braided.

Tales of the Punjab Flora Annie Steel 1888