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Bob Kennedy's hair was already pretty well-curled with information about the Teamsters, but he replied politely: "Sure, come on down." $4,500 Job.

From Time Magazine Archive

There he dined, assuming the while a haughty and supercilious air, and incessantly arranging his well-curled locks.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 by Various

Whensoever we did bathe, We found no scathe, yourself and I, With Brian of the well-curled locks, From hidden rocks and currents wry.

From A Celtic Psaltery by Graves, Alfred Perceval

The Siren Ligeia, and fountain of Arethusa, on the coins of Terina and Syracuse, are prettier, but totally without expression, and chiefly set off by their well-curled hair.

From The Queen of the Air Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and Storm by Ruskin, John

"It is odd enough," thought I, as I arranged my napkin across my knee, "what success lies in a well-curled whisker—particularly if the wearer be a fool."

From Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands by Lever, Charles James