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curlicue

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Noun
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CIDE DICTIONARY

curlicuen. [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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

curlicue, n. a decorative curl or twist.

Etymology
CURLY + CUE(2) (= pigtail) or Q(1)

THESAURUS

curlicue

cirrus, coil, corkscrew, curl, evolute, gyre, helix, involute, kink, ringlet, roll, screw, scroll, spiral, swirl, tendril, twirl, twist, volute, volution, vortex, whirl, whorl

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