spit curl


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

Origin of spit curl

1
First recorded in 1825–35

Words Nearby spit curl

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How to use spit curl in a sentence

  • She moistened with her forefinger a yellow spit curl that lay like a caress on her cheek.

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

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British Dictionary definitions for spit curl

spit curl

noun
  1. US and Canadian a circular curl of hair pressed flat against the cheek or forehead: Also called (esp British): kiss curl

Origin of spit curl

1
perhaps so called because it is sometimes plastered down with spittle

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