curlycue

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Noun

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CIDE DICTIONARY

curlycue, 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. [1913 Webster]

"I gave a flourishing about the room and cut a curlycue with my right foot." [1913 Webster]

To cut a curlycue, to make a flourish; to cut a caper.

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