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spit curl

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noun

a tight curl of hair, usually pressed against the forehead or cheek.

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Nearby words

  1. spiry,
  2. spissatus,
  3. spissitude,
  4. spit,
  5. spit and polish,
  6. spit in the ocean,
  7. spit take,
  8. spit up,
  9. spit-shine,
  10. spital

Origin of spit curl

First recorded in 1825–35
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Examples from the Web for spit curl

  • John Davis got his mutton cooked bi a spit-curl that waz dangling on Angeline Brown's forehead.

    Josh Billings on Ice|Henry Wheeler Shaw
British Dictionary definitions for spit curl

spit curl

noun

US and Canadian a circular curl of hair pressed flat against the cheek or foreheadAlso called (esp British): kiss curl

Word Origin for spit curl

perhaps so called because it is sometimes plastered down with spittle
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