side curl

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noun

earlock.

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[sahyd-kurl] /ˈsaɪdˌkɜrl/.

Origin of side curl

First recorded in 1805–15

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The sea air had browned his cheek, and the ball whistling by his side-curl had spared it.
The Virginians
William Makepeace Thackeray