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ducktail
[ duhk-teyl ]
/ ˈdʌkˌteɪl /
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noun
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Also called ducktail haircut.
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How to use ducktail in a sentence
And he had a cowboy hat that he liked touching, too—he smoothed the brim back like it was a ducktail haircut.
The Stacks: Pete Dexter on What It’s Like to Lose the Knack of Having Fun|Pete Dexter|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEASTThere was a Czech version of the youth rebel -- the potapka, or duck, probably named after the ducktail hairstyle.