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curly cue

curly cue is the alternative form of curlycue.

Meaning of curlycue

Noun

curlycue (plural curlycues)

  1. (dated) A flourish; a caper.
    • I gave a flourishing about the room and cut a curlycue with my right foot.1852, W. J. McClintoch, The Marriage of Johnny Beedle

Forms of curly cue

pluralcurly cues

Questions about curly cue

What is curly cue the alternative form of?
Curly cue is the alternative form of curlycue.

Words near curly cue in the dictionary

  1. curly braces languages
  2. curly bracket
  3. curly bracket language
  4. curly bracket languages
  5. curly brackets
  6. curly cue
  7. curly cuh
  8. curly cuhs
  9. curly endive
  10. curly endives
  11. curly fries

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