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curlicue

[kur-li-kyoo] / ˈkɜr lɪˌkyu /










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On “Rated OG,” he adds intriguing curlicue accents to a chord progression rendered on vibraphone as a forceful, distorted bass riff chugs along underneath.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

Get it really cold and then a giant twist, not those little curlicue twists that they do sometimes.

From Salon • May 1, 2025

The wooden figure—with its shaggy white hair, black curlicue mustache, and cherubic pink cheeks—bears little resemblance to Donald Trump’s signature comb over and bronzed skin.

From Slate • Jun. 10, 2023

As Clint recalls, Wood sported “an impressively groomed curlicue mustache and Van Dyke beard, both snow white.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2021

She opened the box and pulled out a slender gray velvet dress with thin shoulder straps and a curlicue pattern of beading down one side.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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