单词 | curlie-wurlie |
释义 | curlie-wurlie, curly-wurly|ˈkɜːlɪˈwɜːlɪ| [A reduplicated extension of curly; perhaps with some reference in the second part to whirl, in Sc. whurl.] A fantastically curled ornament.
a1772Wilkie in Lockhart Scott l, I thought the beauty of architecture consisted in curlie wurlies, but now I find it consists in symmetry and proportion. 1818Scott Rob Roy xix, Ah! it's a brave kirk—nane o' yere whigmaleeries and curliwurlies and open-steek hems about it. 1883Century Mag. Sept. 722/2 Its leaves are slit in half and provided with æsthetical curly-wurlies. |

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