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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

curlycue

/(k?rl"?-k?)/ · curl·y·cue · IPA
01 n. Some thing curled or spiral, as a flourish made with a pen on paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome caper. Same as curlicue.
  1. 1.
    Some thing curled or spiral, as a flourish made with a pen on paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome caper. Same as curlicue.[ Colloq. U.S.] See: curlicue
    “I gave a flourishing about the room and cut a curlycue with my right foot.” — McClintock.
Phrases & compounds
To cut a curlycue — to make a flourish; to cut a caper.