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curlycues

curlycues is the plural 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

Questions about curlycues

What is curlycues the plural of?
Curlycues is the plural of curlycue.

Words near curlycues in the dictionary

  1. curly-braces language
  2. curly-braces languages
  3. curly-bracket language
  4. curly-bracket languages
  5. curlycue
  6. curlycues
  7. curlycup gumweed
  8. curlyhaired
  9. curlyhead
  10. curlyheads
  11. curlytail

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