curlycue

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curlycue - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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 \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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