curlicue

Historical Examples

• I am called Curlicue, and am an object of derision; I entreat you to make me less ridiculous.'

  The Red Fairy Book

  Various

• Eventually old Clay Kittredge died, and the son chopped the "Jr." curlicue from the end of his name and began a new rgime.

  In a Little Town

  Rupert Hughes

• One somewhat distinctive feature is found here, namely, the very frequent use of the curlicue or roll as an ornamental feature.

  Decorative Art of Indian Tribes of Connecticut

  Frank Gouldsmith Speck

• His face and hands were spare and lean, but his uniform was immaculate, covered with every curlicue the regulations allowed.

  The Risk Profession

  Donald Edwin Westlake