curlimacue
A regional American variant of 'curlicue' — a fancy spiral, flourish, or decorative curl, whether in handwriting, ironwork, pastry icing, or hair.
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A regional American variant of 'curlicue' — a fancy spiral, flourish, or decorative curl, whether in handwriting, ironwork, pastry icing, or hair. Curlimacue has the same meaning and the same visual energy as its more standard cousin, just dressed up in a more elaborate phonetic costume. Regional speech has always delighted in producing slightly extended or altered forms of common words, and this one carries a folk-art, down-home character that suits its decorative subject matter.
The old schoolteacher's signature ended in an extravagant curlimacue that looped right across the bottom of the page.
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(US, regional) A curlicue .
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