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What (who) is curlicue - definition
DECORATIVE FLOURISH IN SOME VISUAL ARTS
Curlicues; Curlycue; Curlycues; Curly cue; Curly cues; Carlacue
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curlicue
(curlicues)
Curlicues are decorative twists and curls, usually carved or made with a pen. (LITERARY)
...the gothic curlicues of cottages and churches.
N-COUNT: usu pl
Curlycue
·noun Some thing curled or spiral,, as a flourish made with a pen on paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome caper.
Wikipedia
Curlicue
A curlicue, or alternatively curlycue, in the visual arts, is a fancy twist, or curl, composed usually from a series of concentric circles. It is a recurring motif in architecture (as decoration to the lintel/architrave above a door), in calligraphy and in general scrollwork. The word can also refer to a specific kind of origami, made out of a single strip of paper that can be transformed in many geometric shapes.
Examples of use of curlicue
1. Known colloquially in South Africa as "perlemoen," abalone is so endangered the government has drastically reduced the total allowable catch in the wild and attempted to encourage saltwater farming of the curlicue–shaped shellfish.
2. A teenager poured out her heart on yellow–lined paper in the curlicue pencil handwriting of a schoolgirl, begging God to forgive her and asking for a second chance.