curlicue
noun
an ornamental, fancy curl or twist, as in a signature.
curlycue
-
a variation of
curlicue.
Example Sentences
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"Something like a smokestack with a curlycue on the end of it," was the reply.
From Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns Sinking the German U-Boats by R. Emmett (Robert Emmett) Owen
There on the floor near the hearth lay a little brown sandal, one of its strings pulled out and making a curlycue on the floor.
From The Little House in the Fairy Wood by Ethel Cook Eliot
General De Vega, as was the name by which he denounced himself, brought out a document for me to sign, which I did, makin' a fine flourish and curlycue with the tail of the 'y.'
From Cabbages and Kings by O. Henry
