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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

curlicue

/(k?rl"?-k?)/ · curl·i·cue · IPA /kˈɜrlˌɪkjuː/
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.
  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.[ Colloq. U.S.]