rats' tails
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrats' tailsˈrats’ tails noun British English → in rats’ tailsExamples from the Corpusrats' tails• Her face was red from the steam and her hair had gone into rats' tails.• I braided too much of my hair and the two loops looked like very long rats' tails.• She was damp, she was sore from scrubbing with the shower mitt, her hair hung in rats' tails.