She had a large, fat face with a big mouth, and her hair was curiously done, parted in the middle and plastered down on each side of the head in little plaits.
"Liza of Lambeth"
W. Somerset Maugham
Her daughter's father must have had black hair, for Sally can make huge shining coils, or close plaits, very wide, out of her inheritance.
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
Her fair hair was drawn back very plainly from her forehead, and coiled in innumerable plaits.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes