pigtailyadj.
/ˈpɪɡteɪli/, U.S. /ˈpɪɡˌteɪli/ Characteristic or suggestive of the period when pigtails were worn; old-fashioned, outmoded.Apparently an isolated use.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated
moth-frettenOE
antiquate?a1425
antique?1532
rusty1549
moth-eaten1551
musty1575
worm-eatenc1575
overyear1584
out of date1589
old-fashioned1592
out of date1592
worm-eat1597
old-fashion1599
ancient1601
outdated1616
out-of-fashion1623
over-aged1623
superannuateda1634
thorough-old1639
overdateda1641
trunk-hosea1643
antiquitated1645
antiquated1654
out-of-fashioned1671
unmodern1731
of the old school1749
auld-farrant1750
old-fangled1764
fossila1770
fogram1772
passé1775
unmodernized1775
oxidated1791
moss-covered1792
square-toeda1797
old-fashionable1807
pigtail1817
behind the times1826
slow1827
fossilized1828
rococo1836
antiquish1838
old-timey1850
out of season1850
moss-grown1851
old style1858
antiqued1859
pigtaily1859
prehistoric1859
backdated1862
played1864
fossiled1866
bygone1869
mossy-backed1870
old-worldly1878
past-time1889
outmoded1896
dated1900
brontosaurian1909
antiquey1926
horse-and-buggy1926
vintage1928
Neolithic1934
time-warped1938
demoded1941
steam age1941
hairy1946
old school1946
rinky-dink1946
time warp1954
Palaeolithic1957
retardataire1958
throwback1968
wally1969
antwacky1975
1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock 280 Old fashioned, out of date, rococo, and pigtaily.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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- squeeze-
- squeeze-box
- squeeze-crab
- squeeze-grape
- squeeze-paper
- squeeze-pidgin
- squeeze-taker
- squeeze-wax
- squeezebox
- squeezeboxes
- squeezecrab
- squeezed
- squeezed orange
- squeezed out
- squeezegrape
- squeezekin
- squeezepaper
- squeezepidgin
- squeezer
- squeezers
- squeezes
- squeezes out
- squeezetaker
- squeezewax