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Definition: carlicue
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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