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curlicues

curlicues is the plural of curlicue.

Meaning of curlicue

Noun

curlicue (plural curlicues)

  1. A fancy twisting or curling shape usually made from a series of spirals and loops.
    • I put in plenty of curlicues after the figures so that no one could raise the check into $400,000; then I got out my old rattan suit case and put in some clothes.1917, Christopher Morley, chapter 3, in Parnassus on Wheels, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, →OCLC

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Questions about curlicues

What is curlicues the plural of?
Curlicues is the plural of curlicue.

Words near curlicues in the dictionary

  1. curliation
  2. curlicue
  3. curlicue fractal
  4. curlicue fractals
  5. curlicued
  6. curlicues
  7. curlicuing
  8. curlier
  9. curlies
  10. curliest
  11. curlike

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