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Webster 1913 Edition


curlycue

curl′y-cue

(k?rl′?-k?)
,
Noun.
[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.]
To cut a curlycue
,
to make a flourish; to cut a caper.
I gave a flourishing about the room and
cut a curlycue
with my right foot.
McClintock.

Definition 2024


curlycue

curlycue

English

Noun

curlycue (plural curlycues)

  1. Alternative spelling of curlicue
  2. (dated) A flourish; a caper.
    • McClintock
      I gave a flourishing about the room and cut a curlycue with my right foot.