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curlycue
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curlycue
(gcide) | curlicue \curl"i*cue\ (k?rl"?-k?), n. [Cf. F. caracole.]
Some thing curled or spiral, as a flourish made with a pen on
paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome
caper. [Sometimes written curlycue or carlicue.] [
Colloq. U.S.]
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curlycue
(gcide) | curlycue \curl"y*cue\ (k?rl"?-k?), n. [Cf. F. caracole.]
Some thing curled or spiral, as a flourish made with a pen on
paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome
caper. Same as curlicue. [Sometimes written carlicue.] [
Colloq. U.S.]
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To cut a curlycue, to make a flourish; to cut a caper.
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I gave a flourishing about the room and cut a
curlycue with my right foot. --McClintock.
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To cut a curlycue
(gcide) | curlycue \curl"y*cue\ (k?rl"?-k?), n. [Cf. F. caracole.]
Some thing curled or spiral, as a flourish made with a pen on
paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome
caper. Same as curlicue. [Sometimes written carlicue.] [
Colloq. U.S.]
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To cut a curlycue, to make a flourish; to cut a caper.
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I gave a flourishing about the room and cut a
curlycue with my right foot. --McClintock.
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