2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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.] [1913 Webster] {To cut a curlycue}, to make a flourish; to cut a caper. [1913 Webster] I gave a flourishing about the room and cut a curlycue with my right foot. --McClintock. [1913 Webster]
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