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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pig-tail, n. (17th c. Eng. pig taile ‘tobacco twisted into a thin rope or roll’ (1688), ‘so called from the resemblance to the tail of a pig.’ (OED.).) —1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. 68.
There lyes half dozen elnes of pig-tail
