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coleta|kəˈleɪtə|
[Sp., dim. of cola tail, f. L. coda, cauda tail.]
A pigtail, worn by a bullfighter as a mark of his profession.
1928Hemingway Men without Women 61 They were going to cut off his coleta..his pigtail. 1928Daily Tel. 19 July 11/2 One of Spain's ‘star’ matadors..has bidden farewell to the arena... To-day as a sign of his decision he had his coleta (‘pig-tail’) bobbed. 1962J. Stewart tr. Cousseau's Death of Miss Cunningham 44 The coleta exposed the torero's queue of hair. |